Boy Mamabolo

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Boy Mamabolo
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
22 May 2019 –28 May 2024
Personal details
Born
Jacob Boy Mamabolo

Masakaneng, Seshego, Transvaal Province, South Africa
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political party African National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Jacob Boy Mamabolo is a South African politician from Limpopo who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He was elected to Parliament at the 2019 general election and left parliament at the 2024 general election. Mamabolo is a member of the African National Congress.

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Early life

Mamabolo hails from Masakeng, Seshego. [1] He and current Economic Freedom Fighters president Julius Malema grew up in the same community and both became involved in the same organisations. Both were members of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He was the COSAS provincial secretary when Malema was the organisation's national president. [1] Their friendship ended while they were active in the ANCYL. [1] Mamabolo was a supporter of former ANC president Jacob Zuma while Malema turned on Zuma.

Parliamentary career

Mamabolo was placed second on the ANC's regional list for the May 2019 general election. At the election, he was elected as an MP. As of June 2019, he sits on both the Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture and the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General.

Incidents

When Malema was suspended as youth league president in 2011, Mamabolo burnt a mock coffin in celebration. In 2013, he was involved in a court battle with Malema after he sent him a message threatening to exhume his mother's remains and take them to his grandmother's house. [2] In the same year, Mamabolo was arrested on fraud charges relating to his tenure as the chairperson of the Limpopo Geographical Names Committee. [3]

2020 State of the Nation Address

While EFF MPs disrupted the 2020 annual State of the Nation Address, Mamabolo rose on a point of order and said:

Speaker, we’ve been abused for too long, we cannot be abused in the same manner that Mantwa [Malema’s spouse] is being abused by honourable Malema… nna le lelena re dithaka (English: "we are peers"), let’s leave elderly people and go engage outside. [4]

In the subsequent debate, he once again accused Malema of domestic abuse. [5] [6] Consequently, Malema and his spouse approached the Limpopo High Court and filed lawsuits of R1 million each, citing defamation. [7] [8] [9] The two parties reached an out-of-court agreement wherein Mamabolo apologised, saying that his utterances were "uncalled for". [10] [11]

In 2020, Mamabolo was condemned by the South African National Editors Forum for violent threats against a journalist. [12]

Mamabolo was reported in 2022 to have made a veiled death threat to an editor via WhatsApp message as part of demanding a let up in coverage of a presidential aide. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mahlangu, Isaac (14 February 2020). "Malema and Mamabolo's 'Seshego Derby' takes centre stage in SONA chaos". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Malema: Bringing up my dead mother is distasteful". Mail & Guardian. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Malema foe arrested for fraud". IOL. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Meyer, Dan (19 February 2020). "Boy Mamabolo vs Julius Malema: When friends become enemies". The South African. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Gerber, Jan (18 February 2020). "Domestic abuse claims fly as Malema's SONA debate speech marred by shouting match". News24. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "MPs slammed for using gender-based violence as a political football". IOL. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Madia, Tshidi (18 February 2020). "Malema to sue ANC MP Boy Mamabolo over domestic abuse claims". News24. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Malema's wife Mantoa sues Boy Mamabolo for R1m over allegations of abuse". The Citizen. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Makhetha, Tankiso (19 February 2020). "Boy Mamabolo's legal woes increase as Mantoa Malema sues". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Molefe, Russell (4 March 2020). "Julius Malema, Boy Mamabolo reach out-of-court settlement over domestic abuse claims". News24. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Sidimba, Loyiso (6 March 2020). "Mamabolo admits claiming Julius Malema abused his wife was 'uncalled for'". IOL. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Gerber, Jan. "Condemns ANC MP's Threats Against Journalist » SANEF".
  13. ↑ Gerber. "SANEF calls for a swift probe into reported threats against The Star's Editor".
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