Lynne Brown

Lynne Brown (born 26 September 1961) is a South African politician who is a former Minister of Public Enterprises and former Premier of the Western Cape Province.She was born in Cape Town and grew up in Mitchells Plain. She was appointed Premier of the Western Cape following the resignation of Ebrahim Rasool in July 2008.Previously, she was Minister for Economic Development and Tourism.She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and an elected member of its National Executive Committee in 2007 and 2012. She is from a coloured background and was the fourth coloured premier of the Western Cape, the second from the ANC, and the first openly gay person to be appointed to a cabinet post in any African government. Quotes &We are four, five, six, seven, eight hours away from each other, and it’s in our interests to be able to create that kind of economy for the continent.” Look, it is daunting. I find the national platform also quite big – it is often parochial to be in the Western Cape – but I am excited about it. When the President said public, I thought, oh public works […] and then he said public enterprises, and I wondered why Some even say, ‘Isn’t this a bit of a poisoned chalice?’ I don’t know. In fact, all I know is that I must get the SOEs to work optimally, to help to grow the economy and that we share that economy. It doesn’t trickle down. The State is the sharer of the economy so that our people benefit,” External links Category:Living people