Chana Pilane-Majake

Chana Pilane-Majake
Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration
In office
6 August 2021  17 June 2024
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterAyanda Dlodlo
Noxolo Kiviet
Preceded bySindy Chikunga
In office
27 February 2018  7 May 2019
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterAyanda Dlodlo
Preceded byDipuo Letsatsi-Duba
Succeeded bySindy Chikunga
Member of the National Assembly
In office
16 January 2012  28 May 2024
ConstituencyGauteng
Personal details
Born
Makgathatso Charlotte Chana Pilane

(1957-02-13) 13 February 1957
Atteridgeville, Transvaal
Union of South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Alma materUniversity of the North
University of Natal
University of South Africa (PhD)

Makgathatso Charlotte Chana Pilane-Majake (née Pilane; born 13 February 1957) is a South African politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration till 2024. She formerly held the same office between February 2018 and May 2019. A member of the African National Congress, she represented the Gauteng constituency in the National Assembly.

Born in Atteridgeville, Pilane-Majake was a social worker and human rights activist before she joined Parliament in January 2012. She was the chief executive officer of the Commission for Gender Equality from 2002 to 2010.