Donald Grant (politician)


Donald Arthur Cardross Grant is a South African businessman and politician. He previously served as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Transport and Public Works from 2014 to 2019 and the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Education from 2009 to 2014. He was a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from 2009 to 2019. He started his political career as a councillor at the Bitou Municipality. Grant is a member of the Democratic Alliance.

Biography

Donald Grant obtained a Master of Business Administration at the University of Cape Town. He worked for several years in the private sector prior to being elected a Bitou Local Municipality councillor.
In 2009, he was elected a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for the Democratic Alliance. He was sworn in as a Member on 6 May 2009. Newly-elected Premier Helen Zille announced that Grant would be appointed to the position of Provincial Minister of Education, succeeding Yousuf Gabru. He was inaugurated as Provincial Minister on 7 May 2009 by Constitutional Court Judge Yvonne Mokgoro.
In 2014, he was re-elected to a second term as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. Premier Helen Zille announced that Grant would now become Provincial Minister of Transport and Public Works, succeeding Robin Carlisle. He was inaugurated by Western Cape High Court Deputy Judge President Janette Traverso on 26 May 2014. Debbie Schäfer succeeded him as Provincial Minister of Education.
Grant left the Western Cape Provincial Parliament after the 2019 elections, although he was initially slated to return as a Member. Newly-elected Premier Alan Winde appointed him as a special adviser.