Mmamoloko Kubayi

Minister of Energy Mmamoloko Kubayi in 2020

Biography

Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi (born 8 May 1978) is a South African politician who is the Minister of Human Settlements and a Member of the National Assembly for the African National Congress (ANC). She is also the current head of the African National Congress's economic transformation subcommittee in the national executive committee (NEC).

Quotes

• As a Cabinet minister in the Government of National Unity of the Republic of South Africa, I wish to reiterate that the GNU's foreign policy has remained unchanged, based, inter alia, on our Constitution and the Bill of Rights and centred on the historic principle of progressive internationalism
• South Africa will continue to prioritise the implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and its strategic partnership with China, including strict adherence to the One-China Policy
  • Mmamoloko Kubayi on South Africa’s foreign policy
• The majority of them, who are low-income earners, are sitting in backyards and in informal settlements. . . in a shack, having worked for government for 20 years. It’s unacceptable. This is the challenge
• But once we do that, it means they're going to need the accommodation. Our interest is not for them to go now and buy in Soweto and travel to Pretoria. We would rather want them to stay within the inner city of Pretoria
  • [Mmamoloko Kubayi speaks about Old govt buildings to be converted into homes for State employees]
• Transitioning from the sixth to the seventh administration, we identified 295 blocked projects and carried them over to the current financial year. They're in the business plans of provinces across the country
• That leaves contractors feeling they wouldn't have sufficient resources to complete the project and abandon the site
  • Mmamoloko Kubayi on obstacles delaying the provision of houses.