# Barbara Creecy
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{{short description|South African politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
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| honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable)
| name = Barbara Creecy
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| caption = Creecy in 2014
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| office1 = [Minister of Transport](/source/Minister_of_Transport_(South_Africa))
| deputy1 = [Mkhuleko Hlengwa](/source/Mkhuleko_Hlengwa)
| president1 = [Cyril Ramaphosa](/source/Cyril_Ramaphosa)
| term_start1 = 3 July 2024
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [Sindisiwe Chikunga](/source/Sindisiwe_Chikunga)
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| office2 = [Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries](/source/Minister_of_Environment%2C_Forestry_and_Fisheries)
| deputy2 = [Maggie Sotyu](/source/Maggie_Sotyu)
| president2 = Cyril Ramaphosa
| term_start2 = 30 May 2019
| term_end2 = 19 June 2024
| predecessor2 = ''Portfolio restructured''
| successor2 = [Dion George](/source/Dion_George)
| office3 = [Member of the National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_of_South_Africa)
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| term_start3 = 22 May 2019
{{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |Provincial offices
{{nobold|1994–2019}}
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| office4 = [Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Finance](/source/Gauteng_Executive_Council)
| premier4 = [David Makhura](/source/David_Makhura)
| term_start4 = 23 May 2014
| term_end4 = 25 May 2019
| predecessor4 = [Mandla Nkomfe](/source/Mandla_Nkomfe)
| successor4 = [Panyaza Lesufi](/source/Panyaza_Lesufi)
| office5 = [Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Education](/source/Gauteng_Executive_Council)
| premier5 = [Nomvula Mokonyane](/source/Nomvula_Mokonyane)
| term_start5 = 8 May 2009
| term_end5 = 23 May 2014
| predecessor5 = [Angie Motshekga](/source/Angie_Motshekga)
| successor5 = Panyaza Lesufi
| office6 = [Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture](/source/Gauteng_Executive_Council)
| premier6 = [Paul Mashatile](/source/Paul_Mashatile)
[Mbhazima Shilowa](/source/Mbhazima_Shilowa)
| deputy6 =
| term_start6 = 29 April 2004
| term_end6 = 8 May 2009
| predecessor6 = [Mondli Gungubele](/source/Mondli_Gungubele)
| successor6 = [Nelisiwe Mbatha-Mthimkhulu](/source/Nelisiwe_Mbatha-Mthimkhulu)
| office7 = [Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature](/source/Gauteng_Provincial_Legislature)
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| party = [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress)
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| alma_mater = [University of the Witwatersrand](/source/University_of_the_Witwatersrand)
[University of London](/source/University_of_London)
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'''Barbara Dallas Creecy''' (born 17 June 1958) is a [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)n politician and former [anti-apartheid activist](/source/Internal_resistance_to_apartheid) who has been the [Minister of Transport](/source/Minister_of_Transport) since July 2024. She was formerly the [Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries](/source/Minister_of_Environment%2C_Forestry_and_Fisheries) between 2019 and 2024. She is a member of the [National Executive Committee](/source/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_African_National_Congress) and [National Working Committee](/source/National_Working_Committee_of_the_African_National_Congress) of the [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress) (ANC).
Raised in [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg), Creecy joined the ANC in 1979 and was active in the [United Democratic Front](/source/United_Democratic_Front_(South_Africa)). Between 1994 and 2019, she served continuously in the [Gauteng Provincial Legislature](/source/Gauteng_Provincial_Legislature), and she was a member of the [Gauteng Executive Council](/source/Gauteng_Executive_Council) from 2004 to 2019, serving as [Member of the Executive Council](/source/Member_of_the_Executive_Council) for Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture (2004 to 2009), for Education (2009 to 2014), and for Finance (2014 to 2019). She joined the [National Assembly of South Africa](/source/National_Assembly_of_South_Africa) in the [May 2019 general election](/source/2019_South_African_general_election) and thereafter was appointed to [the cabinet](/source/Cabinet_of_South_Africa) by President [Cyril Ramaphosa](/source/Cyril_Ramaphosa).
== Early life and education ==
Born on 17 June 1958,'''[{{Cite web |date=10 April 2024 |title=Final Candidate Lists for 2024 National and Provincial Elections: National Candidates |url=https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Documents/Candidates-List-NPE2024/National%20Candidates%20List.pdf |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Electoral Commission of South Africa}}]''' Creecy grew up in [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg).[{{Cite web |date= |title=MEC Profile: Ms Barbara Creecy |url=http://www.gauteng.gov.za/government/departments/provincial-treasury/Pages/MEC-profile.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511040128/http://www.gauteng.gov.za/government/departments/provincial-treasury/Pages/MEC-profile.aspx |archive-date=2017-05-11 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Government of Gauteng}}] Her father, a [chartered accountant](/source/chartered_accountant) who was raised in the United Kingdom, died when she was eight.[{{Cite web |last=Segar |first=Sue |date=22 November 2019 |title=Environmental impact |url=https://noseweek.co.za/wp/article/environmental-impact/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Noseweek |language=en-ZA}}][{{Cite web |date=8 August 2019 |title=Behind the Politics: Creecy on student activism, juggling career and family life |url=https://ewn.co.za/2019/08/08/behind-the-politics-creecy-on-student-activism-juggling-career-and-family-life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424195347/https://ewn.co.za/2019/08/08/behind-the-politics-creecy-on-student-activism-juggling-career-and-family-life |archive-date=2022-04-24 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=EWN}}] He had been a member of the [Communist Party](/source/South_African_Communist_Party) and a pacifist [conscientious objector](/source/conscientious_objector) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II); her mother, the daughter of two [trade unionists](/source/Trade_unions_in_South_Africa), was also politically [progressive](/source/progressivism).[{{Cite web |date=2020-11-06 |title=Barbara Creecy: 'You can make a difference if you want to' |url=https://mg.co.za/the-green-guardian/2020-11-06-qa-sessions-you-can-make-a-difference-if-you-want-to/?login=success |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}] She graduated with an [Honours degree](/source/Honours_degree) in [political science](/source/political_science), and she later completed a Master's degree in public policy and management at the [University of London](/source/University_of_London).[{{Cite web |title=Barbara Creecy, Ms |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/transport-ministry/barbara-creecy-ms |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=South African Government}}]
== Anti-apartheid activism ==
Creecy became involved in the [anti-apartheid movement](/source/Internal_resistance_to_apartheid) as a student politician, and she joined the banned [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress) (ANC) in her final year of university, 1979, after attending a conference at [Roma University](/source/National_University_of_Lesotho) in [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho).[{{Cite web |date=7 October 2008 |title=Paul Mashatile's inauguration address |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/paul-mashatiles-inauguration-address |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=Politicsweb |language=en}}]
[[File:Korea 2014 UN Public Service Forum 08 (14493582566).jpg|thumb|Creecy (with her successor [Panyaza Lesufi](/source/Panyaza_Lesufi)) accepting the [United Nations Public Service Award](/source/United_Nations_Public_Service_Awards) in [Seoul, Korea](/source/Seoul%2C_Korea) in June 2014 ]]
After the [May 2009 general election](/source/2009_South_African_general_election), Creecy became MEC for Education in the government of Premier [Nomvula Mokonyane](/source/Nomvula_Mokonyane).[{{Cite web |date=11 May 2009 |title=Mokonyane sticks to gender promise |url=http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3818&Itemid=209 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414162609/https://joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3818&Itemid=209 |archive-date=14 April 2017 |access-date=13 April 2017 |website=City of Johannesburg}}] Her initiatives in the [Gauteng Department of Education](/source/Gauteng_Department_of_Education) included a [technical education](/source/technical_education) turnaround programme targeting 41 technical high schools in the province,[{{Cite web |date=6 March 2013 |title=Gauteng steps up youth unemployment fight |url=https://www.news24.com/fin24/gauteng-steps-up-youth-unemployment-fight-20130306 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}] as well as the Secondary School Improvement Programme (SSIP) in selected high schools.[{{Cite web |date=6 January 2011 |title=Programme boosts underperforming schools |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/programme-boosts-underperforming-schools-20150429 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}] The SSIP won a [United Nations Public Service Award](/source/United_Nations_Public_Service_Awards) in the Improving the Delivery of Public Service category,[{{Cite web |last=Thusi |first=Lucky |date=2014-06-27 |title=GDE shines at UN Public Service Awards |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/southern-courier/news-headlines/2014/06/27/gde-shines-un-public-service-awards/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Southern Courier |language=en-US}}] and Creecy credited it for Gauteng's record-breaking matric pass rate in the 2013 school year.[{{Cite web |date=8 January 2014 |title=Creecy: Gauteng setting the pace on empowerment |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/creecy-gauteng-setting-the-pace-on-empowerment-20140107 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}]
After the [May 2014 general election](/source/2014_South_African_general_election), newly elected Premier [David Makhura](/source/David_Makhura) transferred Creecy to the high-profile position of MEC for Finance.[{{Cite web |date=23 May 2014 |title=Media release on the appointment of the members of the Executive Council of the Gauteng Provincial Government by Premier David Makhura |url=https://www.gov.za/media-release-appointment-members-executive-council-gauteng-provincial-government-premier-david |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=South African Government}}] She was the first woman to hold the office.[{{Cite web |last=Baldwin |first=Ndaba |date=4 June 2019 |title=SACP lauds Gauteng's 'first African woman' finance MEC |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/sacp-lauds-gautengs-first-african-woman-finance-mec-24979210 |access-date=28 July 2019 |website=IOL |publisher= |location=}}] During her five-year tenure, she introduced an [open tender](/source/open_tender) system requiring public adjudication and independent auditing of procurement processes; the pilot programme was introduced in 2014 and draft legislation to entrench the new system was published in 2018.[{{Cite web |date=10 November 2014 |title=Open tender process for Gauteng |url=https://www.news24.com/fin24/open-tender-process-for-gauteng-20141110 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}][{{Cite news |date=26 June 2018 |title=Open tender system has saved Gauteng R1.2bn, says MEC |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2018-06-26-open-tender-system-has-saved-gauteng-r12bn-says-mec/ |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=Business Day}}] In 2018 [Ferial Haffajee](/source/Ferial_Haffajee) congratulated Creecy for having "cleaned up" the department and "run an efficient and innovative provincial treasury".[{{cite web |last=Haffajee |first=Ferial |date=8 October 2018 |title=Who could replace Nene? Get to know Barbara Creecy and Mondli Gungubele |url=https://www.fin24.com/Economy/analysis-who-could-replace-nene-get-to-know-barbara-creecy-and-mondli-gungubele-20181008 |access-date=30 May 2019 |website=News24 |publisher=}}]
While serving as Finance MEC, in December 2017, Creecy attended the ANC's [54th National Conference](/source/54th_National_Conference_of_the_African_National_Congress), which elected her to a five-year term on the ANC [National Executive Committee](/source/National_Executive_Committee_of_the_African_National_Congress); by number of votes received, she was ranked 61st of the 80 ordinary members elected.[{{Cite web |date=21 December 2017 |title=Meet the new ANC NEC |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/meet-the-new-anc-nec-20171221 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}] She was also elected to the party's 20-member [National Working Committee](/source/National_Working_Committee_of_the_African_National_Congress).[{{Cite web |date=2018-01-20 |title=ANC elects new national working committee |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-01-20-anc-elects-new-national-working-committee/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}]
==National political career: 2019–present==
=== Environment, Forestry and Fisheries ===
In the [May 2019 general election](/source/2019_South_African_general_election), Creecy was elected to an ANC seat in the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_of_South_Africa), the lower house of the [South African Parliament](/source/South_African_Parliament).[{{Cite web |date=2019-05-17 |title=ANC survival depends on Cyril's choice |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2019-05-17-00-anc-survival-depends-on-cyrils-choice/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}] indeed, the Gauteng ANC and [Paul Mashatile](/source/Paul_Mashatile) reportedly lobbied for her to be appointed as [Minister of Finance](/source/Minister_of_Finance_(South_Africa)).[{{Cite web |date=2019-05-31 |title=Cyril's Cabinet: What happened behind the scenes |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2019-05-31-00-cyril-aligns-cogs-in-his-cabinet-2/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}] Instead, on 29 May 2019, President [Cyril Ramaphosa](/source/Cyril_Ramaphosa) appointed Creecy to the post of [Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries](/source/Minister_of_Environment%2C_Forestry_and_Fisheries).[{{Cite web |date=29 May 2019 |title=From Patricia to Pandor – Here is Ramaphosa's new (smaller) Cabinet |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/from-patricia-to-pandor-here-is-ramaphosas-new-smaller-cabinet-20190529 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}] The ''[Daily Maverick](/source/Daily_Maverick)'' welcomed her appointment, saying that she had "shown competency in every portfolio she managed."[{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Tessa |date=2019-06-07 |title=Cyril Ramaphosa and the harbingers of the 'New Dawn' |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-06-07-cyril-ramaphosa-and-the-harbingers-of-the-new-dawn/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}]
She held the environment portfolio for five years and her tenure was generally regarded as a moderate success.[{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Julia |date=2024-07-01 |title=What the new Cabinet could mean for SA's energy and environment future |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-07-02-what-the-new-cabinet-could-mean-for-sas-energy-and-environment-future/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}]'''[{{Cite web |last=Bega |first=Sheree |date=2023-12-28 |title=Environment department has made positive strides over the past 30 years |url=https://mg.co.za/the-green-guardian/2023-12-28-environment-department-has-made-positive-strides-over-the-past-30-years/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}]''' However, although she initially made "a number of decisions that delighted environmentalists and conservationists," her ministry was frequently embroiled in political and legal disputes over environmental standards in the [mining industry](/source/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa).[{{Cite web |last=Yeld |first=John |date=2020-04-08 |title="New broom" minister Barbara Creecy raises dust |url=https://groundup.org.za/article/new-broom-minister-barbara-creecy-raises-dust/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=GroundUp News |language=en}}][{{Cite web |last=Engel |first=Kristin |date=2023-10-12 |title='Environment minister' ties the knot with her 'one true love, Big Oil' |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-12-environment-minister-ties-the-knot-with-her-one-true-love-big-oil/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}] In March 2022, environmental activists succeeded in obtaining a court order instructing Creecy to implement the Highveld Priority Area Air Quality Management Plan for [air pollution](/source/air_pollution) in the Transvaal coal belt.[{{Cite web |title=Court orders government to clean up air in coal belt |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2022-03-18-court-orders-government-to-clean-up-air-in-coal-belt/ |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=BusinessLIVE |language=en-ZA}}][{{Cite web |date=2022-03-20 |title=Court gives Environment Minister a year to enforce clean air plan |url=https://sabcnews.com/those-responsible-for-pollution-must-be-held-accountable-groundwork/ |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=SABC News |language=en-US |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320074657/https://www.sabcnews.com/those-responsible-for-pollution-must-be-held-accountable-groundwork/ |url-status=dead }}] Her supporters argued that the scope for environmental reforms was limited, given the political clout of the [Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy](/source/Ministry_of_Mineral_Resources_and_Energy) under [Gwede Mantashe](/source/Gwede_Mantashe).'''[{{Cite web |date=2020-11-20 |title=Proposal to allow 'the sale of lion meat in SA' blocked by minister |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/lion-meat-sales-south-africa-blocked/ |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=The South African |language=en-ZA}}]
As minister, Creecy was chairman of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment between 2019 and 2021.[{{Cite news |date=2019-11-15 |title=SA assumes chairmanship of African Ministerial Conference on Environment |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sa-assumes-chairmanship-of-african-ministerial-conference-on-environment/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525234130/https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sa-assumes-chairmanship-of-african-ministerial-conference-on-environment/ |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=2024-12-26 |work=SABC News |language=en-US |url-status=live }}] In 2023, she and her Danish counterpart, [Dan Jørgensen](/source/Dan_J%C3%B8rgensen), were appointed by [COP28](/source/2023_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference) president [Sultan Al Jaber](/source/Sultan_Al_Jaber) to chair international political negotiations on the "[global stocktake](/source/global_stocktake)" of the [Paris Agreement](/source/Paris_Agreement).[{{Cite web |last=Bega |first=Sheree |date=2023-07-19 |title=Creecy 'honoured' by appointment to consult nations for the first stocktake on climate progress |url=https://mg.co.za/the-green-guardian/2023-07-19-creecy-honoured-by-appointment-to-consult-nations-for-the-first-stocktake-on-climate-progress/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}][{{Cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Fiona |author-link1=Fiona Harvey |last2=Lakhani |first2=Nina |date=2023-12-08 |title='This may be our last chance': Cop28 talks enter final phase |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/08/this-may-be-our-last-chance-cop28-talks-enter-final-phase |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] She also launched South Africa's [Just Energy Transition](/source/Just_Energy_Transition_Partnership) Investment Plan at COP28, which was held in [Dubai](/source/Dubai) that December.[{{Cite web |last=Yende |first=Sizwe sama |date=4 December 2023 |title=COP28: Creecy launches SA's R1.5 trillion green energy transition plan |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/cop28-creecy-launches-sas-r15-trillion-green-energy-transition-plan-20231204 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=City Press |language=en-US}}]
The ANC's [55th National Conference](/source/55th_National_Conference_of_the_African_National_Congress) was held in December 2022, and Creecy was re-elected to the National Executive Committee; she received 1,242 votes across roughly 4,000 ballots, making her the 48th-most popular member of the committee.[{{Cite web |date=22 December 2022 |title=Full list: ANC NEC members |url=https://www.enca.com/news/full-list-anc-nec-members |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=eNCA |language=en}}] By that time she was viewed as a firm political ally of incumbent ANC president Ramaphosa.[{{Cite web |last=Ferreira |first=Emsie |date=2022-12-21 |title=ANC's NEC balance weighs in Ramaphosa's favour |url=https://mg.co.za/politics/2022-12-21-ancs-nec-balance-weighs-in-ramaphosas-favour/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}] At the new committee's first meeting in February 2023, she was appointed as the committee's chief representative in the [Western Cape](/source/Western_Cape) and as deputy chairperson of the subcommittee on elections and campaigns.[{{Cite web |date=26 February 2023 |title=Members of deployment committee and other committees appointed – ANC NEC |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/members-of-deployment-committee-and-other-committe |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Politicsweb |language=en}}] She was also re-elected to the National Working Committee; she received the support of 54 of the National Executive's 80 members, making her the second-most popular candidate behind [Mmamoloko Kubayi](/source/Mmamoloko_Kubayi).[{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title=Ramaphosa consolidates control over ANC with clean sweep in national working committee |url=https://mg.co.za/politics/2023-01-29-ramaphosa-consolidates-control-over-anc-with-clean-sweep-in-national-working-committee-2/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}]
=== Transport ===
Creecy was re-elected to the National Assembly in the [May 2024 general election](/source/2024_South_African_general_election). On 30 June, announcing his new [multi-party cabinet](/source/Third_Cabinet_of_Cyril_Ramaphosa), Ramaphosa appointed her to succeed [Sindy Chikunga](/source/Sindy_Chikunga) as [Minister of Transport](/source/Minister_of_Transport_(South_Africa)), in which capacity she is deputised by [Mkhuleko Hlengwa](/source/Mkhuleko_Hlengwa) of the [Inkatha Freedom Party](/source/Inkatha_Freedom_Party).[{{Cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=Working together to 'serve the people': Ramaphosa names new Cabinet |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/read-in-full-working-together-to-serve-the-people-ramaphosa-names-new-cabinet-20240630 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}] She said that her initial priority would be stabilising the [Department of Transport](/source/Department_of_Transport_(South_Africa)) and its governance.[{{Cite web |last=Payne |first=Suné |date=2024-07-15 |title=New Transport Minister Creecy prioritises 'stabilisation, improved governance' |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-07-15-new-transport-minister-barbara-creecy-prioritises-stabilisation-and-improved-governance/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}]
== Personal life ==
Creecy is divorced.