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{{Short description|South African politician (1965–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use South African English|date=August 2020}}
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| name                = Mac Jack
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| office1             = [[Government of the Northern Cape|Northern Cape MEC for Education]]
| premier1            = [[Zamani Saul]]<ref name="MgDies">{{cite news |url=https://mg.co.za/education/2020-08-12-northern-cape-education-mec-mac-jack-dies/ |title=Northern Cape education MEC Mac Jack dies |work=Mail & Guardian |first=Bongekile |last=Macupe |date=12 August 2020 |accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref>
| term_start1         = 29 May 2019<ref name="May2019">{{cite news |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/northern-cape/northern-cape-premier-zamani-saul-unveils-reduced-cabinet-24355713 |agency=IOL |title=Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul unveils reduced cabinet |first=Getrude |last=Makhafola |date=29 May 2019 |accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref>
| term_end1           = 12 August 2020<ref name="MgDies"/>
| predecessor1        = [[Martha Bartlett]]<ref name="May2019"/>
| successor1          = [[Zolile Monakali]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/premier-zamani-saul-appoints-mr-zolile-monakali-new-member-executive-council-education-16|title=Premier Zamani Saul appoints Zolile Monakali as new Member of Executive Council for Education &#124; South African Government}}</ref>
| office2             = [[Government of the Northern Cape|Northern Cape MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism]]
| premier2            = [[Sylvia Lucas]]
| term_start2         = 1 June 2017<ref name="June2017">{{cite news |last1=Makhafola |first1=Gertrude |title=Sylvia Lucas to rescind cabinet reshuffle decision |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/sylvia-lucas-to-rescind-cabinet-reshuffle-decision-9469817 |accessdate=22 August 2020 |newspaper=IOL |date=1 June 2017 |location=Johannesburg}}</ref>
| term_end2           = 29 May 2019<ref name="May2019"/>
| predecessor2        = [[Gail Parker (politician)|Gail Parker]]<ref name="June2017" />
| successor2          = [[Maruping Lekwene]]<ref name="May2019"/>
| premier3            = [[Sylvia Lucas]]<ref name="March2016"/>
| term_start3         = 1 March 2016<ref name="March2016"/>
| term_end3           = 10 May 2017<ref name="10 May">{{cite news |last1=Mthukwane |first1=Ntozakhe |title=Urgent reshuffle in Northern Cape cabinet |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/urgent-cabinet-reshuffle-in-northern-cape-cabinet-20170510 |accessdate=22 August 2020 |agency=News24 |date=10 May 2017}}</ref>
| predecessor3        = [[John Block (South African politician)|John Block]]<ref name="March2016">{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/diamond-fields-advertiser/20160301/281547994973464 |last=Wildenboer |first=Norma |title=No Surprises In Reshuffle |date=1 March 2016 |work=Diamond Fields Advertiser}}</ref>
| successor3          = [[Gail Parker (politician)|Gail Parker]]<ref name="10 May" />
| office4             = [[Government of the Northern Cape|Northern Cape MEC for Health]]
| premier4             = [[Sylvia Lucas]]<ref name="May2014"/>
| term_start4         = 30 May 2014<ref name="May2014">{{cite news |date=30 May 2014 |title=Northern Cape executive announced |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/Northern-Cape-executive-announced-20140530n |publisher=News24.com}}</ref>
| term_end4           = 1 March 2016<ref name="March2016"/>
| predecessor4        = [[Mxolisa Sokatsha]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pstf.ncpg.gov.za/index.php/about-us/executive-council/49-executive-council/profile/63-profile-of-mec-ms-sokatsha |publisher=Province of the Northern Cape |title=MEC Mxolisi Sokatsha}}</ref>
| successor4         = [[Lebogang Motlhaping]]<ref name="March2016"/>
| office5             = [[Government of the Northern Cape|Northern Cape MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison]]
| premier5            = [[Sylvia Lucas]]<ref name="May2014"/>
| term_start5         = 5 June 2013<ref name="SucceedMabilo"/>
| term_end5           = 30 May 2014<ref name="May2014"/>
| predecessor5        = [[Patrick Mabilo]]<ref name="SucceedMabilo"/>
| successor5          = [[Martha Bartlett]]<ref name="May2014"/>
| office6             = Member of the [[Northern Cape Provincial Legislature]]
| term_start6         = 4 June 2013
| term_end6           = 12 August 2020
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| birthname           = McCollen Ntsikelelo Jack
| birth_date          = 8 March 1965
| birth_place         = [[Graaff-Reinet]], [[Cape Province]], South Africa
| death_date          =  {{death date and age|2020|08|12|1965|03|08|df=yes}}
| death_place         = Mediclinic Gariep Hospital, [[Kimberley, Northern Cape]], [[South Africa]]
| death_cause         = [[COVID-19]]
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| nationality         = [[South Africa]]n
| party               = [[African National Congress]]
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| children            = 7
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| alma_mater          = Masibulele College of Education<br/>[[Rand Afrikaans University]]<br/>[[University of the Witwatersrand]]<br/>[[University of Stellenbosch]]
| occupation          =
| profession          = Educator<br/>Politician
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'''McCollen Ntsikelelo Jack''' (8 March 1965{{spnd}}12 August 2020), known as '''Mac Jack''', was a South African educator and politician. A member of the [[African National Congress]], Jack was appointed to the [[Northern Cape Provincial Legislature]] in June 2013. He served as the [[Member of the Executive Council]] (MEC) for Transport, Safety and Liaison from June 2013 until May 2014, when he was appointed the MEC for Health. Following a cabinet reshuffle in March 2016, he was appointed the MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism. Jack held the position until his appointment as MEC for Education in May 2019, despite him briefly being demoted from the Executive Council in May 2017.
==Early life and education==
McCollen Ntsikelelo Jack was born on 8 March 1965 in the town of [[Graaff-Reinet]], then part of South Africa's [[Cape Province]].<ref name="IOL">{{cite news |last1=Beangstrom |first1=Patsy |title=Northern Cape Education MEC Mac Jack has died after being hospitalized for Covid-19 |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/northern-cape/northern-cape-education-mec-mac-jack-has-died-after-being-hospitalized-for-covid-19-db56d8a6-c529-412b-8f3f-ac4b5f74b499 |accessdate=13 August 2020 |agency=IOL |date=12 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813122120/https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/northern-cape/northern-cape-education-mec-mac-jack-has-died-after-being-hospitalized-for-covid-19-db56d8a6-c529-412b-8f3f-ac4b5f74b499 |archivedate=13 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He [[Matriculation in South Africa|matriculated]] from Thubalethu High School in [[Fort Beaufort]] in 1984. He went on to study at the Masibulele College of Education where he received a teacher's diploma. He then obtained a further diploma in educational management from the [[Rand Afrikaans University]].<ref name="IOL" /> From the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], he attained a CPMD-Finance certificate, completed a Housing Policy Development Programme (HPDP), and received a certificate in governance and leadership. In 2013, Jack received his honours degree in public administration from the [[University of Stellenbosch]].<ref name="IOL" /> At the time of his death, he was busy fulfilling his master's degree from Wits University.<ref name="IOL" />
==Career==
Jack was first employed as a teacher at Isibane Primary School in his hometown.<ref name="IOL" /> Later on, he began working as the principal at the Lillian Noveve Combined School in [[Victoria West]]. Not long after, the Eastern Cape Department of Education appointed him as an assistant chief education specialist.<ref name="IOL" /> In 1997, the Northern Cape government appointed him as the deputy director-general of the provincial Department of Housing and Local Government in [[De Aar]]. He was also the municipal manager of the [[Pixley ka Seme District Municipality]].<ref name="IOL" />
==Political career==
Jack was a long-standing member of the [[African National Congress]]. He served on the party's regional structure as an additional member, the treasurer, the secretary, prior to being elected chairperson of the region, a post he held for a decade. Jack had also served as a member of both the ANC's provincial executive committee and the provincial working committee.<ref name="IOL" />
==Provincial government==
On 4 June 2013, Jack was appointed a member of the [[Northern Cape Provincial Legislature|provincial legislature]]. Newly elected premier [[Sylvia Lucas]] appointed him the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Transport, Safety and Liaison on 5 June, succeeding [[Patrick Mabilo]].<ref name="SucceedMabilo">{{cite news |title=John Block remains as Northern Cape reshuffles executive |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2013-06-05-john-block-remains-as-northern-cape-reshuffles-executive/ |accessdate=12 August 2020 |newspaper=TimesLIVE |date=12 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507181816/https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2013-06-05-john-block-remains-as-northern-cape-reshuffles-executive/ |archivedate=7 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mokoena |first1=Michael |title=No surprises in N Cape reshuffle |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/no-surprises-in-n-cape-reshuffle-1527660 |accessdate=12 August 2020 |newspaper=IOL |date=5 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412203514/https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/no-surprises-in-n-cape-reshuffle-1527660 |archivedate=12 April 2019 |location=Kimberley}}</ref> He held the position until after the [[2014 South African general election|2014 general election]], when Lucas moved him to the Health portfolio of the executive. Jack succeeded [[Mxolisa Sokatsha]] on 30 May, while [[Martha Bartlett]] became the new Transport, Safety and Liaison  MEC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Premier Sylvia Lucas' formal announcement of Members of the Northern Cape Provincial Executive Council, Provincial Legislature, Kimberley |url=https://www.gov.za/premier-sylvia-lucas%E2%80%99-formal-announcement-members-northern-cape-provincial-executive-council |website=Government of South Africa |accessdate=12 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725201938/https://www.gov.za/premier-sylvia-lucas%E2%80%99-formal-announcement-members-northern-cape-provincial-executive-council |archivedate=25 July 2020}}</ref> Lucas reshuffled her cabinet on 1 March 2016 and appointed him the MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, succeeding [[John Block (South African politician)|John Block]]. [[Lebogang Motlhaping]] succeeded him as Health MEC.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mere |first1=Boipelo |title=NC council reshuffled |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/Local/Express-News/nc-council-reshuffled-20160301 |accessdate=12 August 2020 |newspaper=News24 |date=2 March 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812204646/https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/local/express-news/nc-council-reshuffled-20160301 |archivedate=12 August 2020}}</ref> In May 2017, Lucas removed him from the Executive Council and replaced him with [[Gail Parker (politician)|Gail Parker]].<ref name="10 May" /> She reversed her decision on 1 June 2017.<ref name="June2017" /> Following the [[2019 South African general election|2019 general election]], [[Zamani Saul]] was elected the provincial premier. He named him the MEC for Education. He was sworn in 29 May and succeeded Martha Bartlett. [[Maruping Lekwene]] took over as Finance MEC.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Makhafola |first1=Gertrude |title=Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul unveils reduced cabinet |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/northern-cape/northern-cape-premier-zamani-saul-unveils-reduced-cabinet-24355713 |accessdate=12 August 2020 |newspaper=IOL |date=29 May 2019 |location=Johannesburg|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318183303/https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/northern-cape/northern-cape-premier-zamani-saul-unveils-reduced-cabinet-24355713|archivedate=18 March 2020}}</ref>
==Death==
In August 2020, Jack tested positive for [[COVID-19]] amidst the [[COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa]]. He died from it<ref name=sars/> on 12 August, at Mediclinic Gariep in the provincial capital [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|Kimberley]], aged 55. He was survived by his wife, seven children and nine grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chothia |first1=Andrea |title=Just In: Northern Cape Education MEC Mac Jack passes away |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/mac-jack-northern-cape-education-mec-dies/ |accessdate=12 August 2020 |newspaper=The South African |date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=sars>{{cite news |last1=Etheridge |first1=Jenna |title=Northern Cape Education MEC McCollen Ntsikelelo Jack dies of Covid-19 |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/just-in-northern-cape-education-mec-mccollen-ntsikelelo-jack-dies-20200812 |accessdate=12 August 2020 |newspaper=News24 |date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Northern Cape education MEC Mac Jack dies |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-08-12-northern-cape-education-mec-mac-jack-dies/ |accessdate=12 August 2020 |newspaper=TimesLIVE |date=12 August 2020}}</ref> His funeral was held on 16 August, in his hometown.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ntsane |first1=Marvin |title=NC premier pays tribute to Jack |url=https://www.ofm.co.za/article/centralsa/295884/nc-premier-pays-tribute-to-jack |accessdate=16 August 2020 |newspaper=OFM |date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{People's Assembly (South Africa) | id= mc-collen-ntsikelelo-jack| name= Mc Collen Ntsikelelo Jack }}
* [http://pstf.ncpg.gov.za/index.php/about-us/executive-council/49-executive-council/profile/1143-mec-mac-jack MEC Mac Jack – Government of the Northern Cape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116054552/http://pstf.ncpg.gov.za/index.php/about-us/executive-council/49-executive-council/profile/1143-mec-mac-jack |date=16 November 2020 }}
* [http://www.ncpt.gov.za/ProfileOftheMEC.aspx Profile of the MEC]
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