User:Andile0202/Gill Marcus

Her years in exile were spent clipping South African newspapers for the African National Congress, discussing radical politics and making sandwiches in Knightsbridge's best lunchtime hangout.

On her return from exile Gill took up a post in the ANC's Department of Information and Publicity where she quickly became one of the ANC's more prominent voices.

Prior to the 1994 elections she criss-crossed the country tirelessly, training ANC media workers and voter educators and accompanied President Mandela on his many forays into the provinces. Marcus played a leading role in determining media poicies for the ANC in the run up to the 1994 elections.

Elected to parliament, Marcus quickly established a widely respected reputation for her efficient, effective and no nonsense approach to her position of chairperson of the parliamentary joint Finance committee.

She held this position from June 1994 until June 1996 when she was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance.

Appointed as Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank on 1 July 1999.

Source: Mail & Guardian's A to Z of South African Politics: The Essential Handbook. Copyright Penguin. March 1994/5