DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
MEC: PROFILE

Brian Hlongwa was a member of the City of Johannesburg Mayoral Committee responsible for municipal services from 2000 to 2006, when he was appointed as MEC for Health in the Gauteng Provincial Government.

Prior to that, he was head of Johannesburg 's corporatisation unit from 1998 to 2000 and executive officer for local economic development from 1996 to 1998.

Hlongwa has a long history of involvement in the struggle against apartheid and in the democratic movement. He served as full-time organiser of the Soweto Civic Association and the Soweto Youth Congress and was active in the student and youth movement, where he was elected provincial chairperson of the SA Youth Congress. He has served the African National Congress (ANC) in various capacities and is currently a member of the Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC.

Hlongwa was managing director for Harmony Development and national coordinator for labour intensive projects trust. He has a diploma in management and administration from the Wits Business School and certificates in urban and property development, in public private partnerships and from the University of Pretoria 's municipal management development programme.