​Ms Makhotso Magdeline Sotyu is the Deputy Minister of the Department of Tourism of the Republic of South Africa from 30 June 2024.

Current positions

Deputy Minister Makhotso Magdeline "Maggie" Sotyu is a member of  the ANC Provincial Executive Committee, Free State Province and ANC Women's League National Executive Committee.

Career

She started her political career as a factory worker in Bloemfontein in the early 1980's. She was deployed to the National Assembly, Parliament of RSA in 1999. She served in many Portfolio Committees, including Safety and Security (POLICE), Social Development, Arts and Culture, and Science and Technology.

She was later appointed to chair the Safety and Security Portfolio Committee, the Security Cluster in Parliament, and Water and Environment Portfolio Committee.

On 1 November 2010, Ms Sotyu was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Police, a position she held until 2017.  

Deputy Minister Sotyu was then appointed as Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture in 2017 to May 2019 and Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment from 30 May 2019 to 30 June 2024.

Education

Deputy Minister holds the following qualifications: Advance Diploma in Economic Policy (University of the Western Cape, South Africa). | Certificate in Sustainable Development (Malawi Institute of Management in Malawi). | Certificate in Sustainable Development and Population Growth (University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania)