Doris Dlakude | |
---|---|
Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party | |
Assumed office 20 June 2013 | |
President | Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa |
Chief Whip | Mathole Motshekga Stone Sizani Jackson Mthembu Pemmy Majodina |
Preceded by | Mmamoloko Kubayi (acting) Bulelani Magwanishe |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 9 February 2010 | |
Constituency | Mpumalanga |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 August 1969 |
Political party | African National Congress |
Spouse | Vusi Dlakude |
Doris Eunice Dlakude (born 16 August 1969),sometimes also spelled Dorris or Dorries,is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She is currently serving as the Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Assembly. She was appointed to that position in June 2013,representing the African National Congress,and she has been a Member of Parliament since February 2010.
Born on 16 August 1969, [1] Dlakude matriculated at Mjokwane Senior Secondary School in Komatipoort in the former Eastern Transvaal. [2] She has an Honours degree in governance and leadership from the University of the Witwatersrand. [3]
Dlakude held a variety of positions in her political party,the African National Congress (ANC);she was regional treasurer of the ANC Youth League in Ehlanzeni,served on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC and ANC Women's League in Mpumalanga, [3] and spent six terms as the secretary of her local ANC branch. [2] She joined the National Assembly on 9 February 2010,filling the casual vacancy caused by Nomatyala Hangana's resignation. [4]
On 20 June 2013,the ANC announced that Dlakude would take office as Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party;she deputised Stone Sizani,who was also newly appointed,and replaced Mmamoloko Kubayi,who had been acting in the position. [5] Both Sizani and Dlakude were reappointed after the 2014 general election, [6] but Sizani resigned on 2 March 2016; [7] Dlakude subsequently acted as Chief Whip until Jackson Mthembu was appointed to the position three weeks later. [8]
During this period,Dlakude served on the ad hoc parliamentary committee established to respond to Nkandlagate. She defended President Jacob Zuma during the committee's debates, [9] but she and Kubayi also drew media attention in July 2016 for being photographed painting their nails during the committee's proceedings. [10] [11]
After the 2019 general election,Pemmy Majodina was appointed as Chief Whip and Dlakude stayed on as her deputy. [12] John Steenhuisen,the leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance,said that he thought the ANC "missed a trick in Doris Dlakude... who would have made an excellent chief whip". [13]
She is married to Vusi Dlakude,who appeared in the Nkomazi Magistrate's Court on a perjury charge,accused of faking a hijacking,in January 2018. [14] [15] She owns a funeral parlour. [16]
Tina Monica Joemat-Pettersson was a South African politician who served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police from July 2019 until her death in June 2023. A member of the African National Congress,Joemat-Petterson had previously served as the Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries from 2009 until 2014 and as the Minister of Energy from May 2014 until March 2017 under President Jacob Zuma.
Mathole Serofo Motshekga is a South African lawyer and politician who was elected to his third consecutive term as a Member of Parliament in the 2019 general election. He formerly represented his political party,the African National Congress (ANC),as the second Premier of Gauteng.
Lindiwe Daphney Zulu is a South African politician and communications strategist who is currently serving as Minister of Social Development. Before her appointment to that office in May 2019,she was the Minister of Small Business Development from 2014 to 2019.
Buti Kgwaridi Manamela is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education,Science and Technology since October 2017. He was formerly the Deputy Minister in the Presidency from 2014 to 2017,and he has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since May 2009.
Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Small Business Development since 5 August 2021. She previously served as Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies from November 2018 to August 2021. She is a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and a National Working Committee (NWC) of the African National Congress (ANC).
Kopeng Obed Bapela is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises since 6 March 2023. Before that,he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2014 to 2023. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),he has been a member of the National Assembly since 2002 and a deputy minister since 2010.
Mkhacani Joseph Maswanganyi is a South African politician from Limpopo Province. He represents the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly,where he is the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance. He was formerly the Minister of Transport from March 2017 to February 2018.
Makgabo Reginah Mhaule is a South African politician from Mpumalanga who is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Basic Education. She has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since 2018.
Makgathatso Charlotte Chana Pilane-Majake is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration since August 2021. She formerly held the same office between February 2018 and May 2019. A member of the African National Congress,she represents the Gauteng constituency in the National Assembly.
Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She has been the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since May 2019,and she formerly served as Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2014 to 2019.
Pamela Tshwete is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. She is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Human Settlements since August 2021. She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2002 and a deputy minister since 2013.
The 27th South African Parliament is the sixth Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the general election of 8 May 2019 and consists of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. The National Assembly contains 400 members,while the National Council of Provinces contains 90 members. It was formally opened by President Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address in a joint sitting on 20 June 2019.
Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi is a South African politician who is the Minister of Human Settlements and a Member of the National Assembly for the African National Congress (ANC). She is also the current head of the African National Congress's economic transformation subcommittee in the national executive committee (NEC). She was the Minister of Energy in 2017,the Minister of Communications from 2017 to 2018,the Minister of Science and Technology from 2018 to 2019,and the Minister of Tourism from 2019 to 2021.
Mervyn Alexander Dirks is a South African politician who served as a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from June 2023 until February 2024. A former member of the African National Congress,he previously served as a member of the National Assembly from May 2014 to January 2023.
Pemmy Castelina Pamela Majodina is a South African politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly since 2019. A member of the African National Congress,she is the party's chief whip in the assembly. She was formerly a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature between 2004 and 2019 and a Member of the provincial Executive Council for five different portfolios from 2008 to 2019,respectively. Majodina was a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from 1994 to 2004.
Thembisile Angel Khanyile is a South African politician who is a member of the National Assembly of South Africa representing the Democratic Alliance. She is currently the Shadow Minister of Home Affairs. Khanyile had previously served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.
Violet Sizani Siwela was a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She was a Member of the National Assembly,where she chaired the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development,and a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC). She served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature until May 2019.
Dina Deliwe Pule is a South African politician who has been the Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League since July 2023. Before that,she was Minister of Communications under President Jacob Zuma from October 2011 to July 2013,but she was fired during a parliamentary inquiry into allegations that she had contravened the parliamentary code of conduct. The allegations were ultimately substantiated by Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests and by the Public Protector,leading Parliament to suspend and reprimand Pule.
Lungi Annette Mnganga-Gcabashe is a South African politician who has been the Deputy President of the African National Congress Women's League since July 2023. She formerly represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2014 to 2019. In 2020 she was appointed chief of staff in the office of Pemmy Majodina,the Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Assembly. She was formerly a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from 1999 to 2004 and chaired the KwaZulu-Natal branch of the ANC Women's League from 2008 to 2012. She was elected to five-year terms on the ANC's National Executive Committee in 2012 and 2022.
Zephroma Sizani Dlamini-Dubazana is a South African politician and African National Congress member who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2009 to 2019. Dlamini-Dubazana is known for being a supporter of the former ANC president and President of South Africa,Jacob Zuma.