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An educator by profession, she started her career in 1985, teaching
English, History and Guidance at Glendale Senior Secondary in Mitchell’s
Plain. Even though her teaching career appeared to be brief, she left the
school in 1988, her love for education continued to play a dominant role
in her career. Minister Essop worked as an education officer for the
British council for two years before taking up a post as education and
media officer at the South African Municipal Workers Union, she went on to
become Cosatu’s regional education officer a position she held from 1992
to 1994. After the first democratic elections in 1994 she became a member
of the Provincial Parliament. In 2001 she was appointed as Western Cape Provincial Minister of
Transport, Public Works & Property Management. In May 2004, she was
appointed as Provincial Minister of Environmental Affairs and Development
Planning in 2004. Following a cabinet reshuffle in July 2005, Ms Essop was
made the Provincial Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic
Development.
She has also served as the ANC’s Western Cape Spokesperson on Finance &
Public Accounts, and as chairperson of the National Association of Public
Accounts Committees (APAC) South Africa. In 2005 she became the co-chair of the Network of Regional Governments for
Sustainable Development (the NRG4SD), an international body, formed after
the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in September 2002.
Summer School Programme contribution
- Official opening of Iziko
Summer School
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