Luzelle Adams

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Luzelle Adams
Member of the National Assembly
In office
6 May 2009 –6 May 2014
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Citizenship South Africa
Political party African National Congress
Alma mater University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of Cape Town

Luzelle Henrietta Adams is a South African lawyer and politician who represented the Congress of the People (COPE) in the National Assembly from 2009 until 2014, when she failed to gain re-election. She is an advocate of the High Court and served as COPE's spokesperson on justice and constitutional development.

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Adams worked for the Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa and the City of Cape Town before completing her LLB at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2007. [1] She was subsequently admitted as an advocate of the High Court and practiced civil litigation. [1] She completed an LLM in shipping law at the University of Cape Town in 2015. [1]

Political career

Soon after COPE was founded in 2008, Adams joined its legal team. [2] In the general election the next year, she was elected to represent the party in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament. [3] She was one of the three youngest MPs. [4] During the legislative term that followed, she sat on the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development [5] and served as COPE's spokesperson in that portfolio. [6] In January 2012, she was additionally appointed as COPE's acting head of international affairs after the incumbent, Lyndall Shope-Mafole, was appointed acting general secretary. [7]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, COPE faced a wave of mass defections but Adams was one of seven COPE MPs who remained on the party list. [8] She was ranked fifth on the national list, but COPE performed poorly in the elections and she did not secure a seat. [3]

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  2. ↑ "Shikota Express hits another snag". IOL. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Luzelle Henrietta Adams". People's Assembly. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Leader's got fresh young appeal". News24. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  5. ↑ October, Alicestine (10 July 2013). "ANC: Mum on new portfolio names". Witness. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "JSC in talks on 'white men can't judge'". News24. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Ndude suspended by COPE". IOL. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cope fizzles out". News24. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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