Thereafter, from 1993 to 1995, he served as Deputy Provincial General-Secretary of the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) in the region.
He also served one term, from 2007, as Executive Mayor of Gert Sibande District Municipality.
[5] Mabuza, who was re-elected as Premier, appointed Gamede as MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs in his second-term cabinet.
[6] He remained in that office until August 2016, when Mabuza announced a reshuffle which saw Gamede fired from the Executive Council and replaced by Vusi Shongwe.
[7] He served the remainder of the legislative term as an ordinary Member of the Provincial Legislature but did not stand for re-election in the 2019 general election.