Makhosi Khoza

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Makhosi Khoza
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Deputy President of the Abantu Batho Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 February 2024
Spouse(s)Ntela Sikhosana (until death; 1998)
Residence(s) Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • legislator
  • public speaker
  • activist
Known forFounder of the African Democratic Change (2017) [2]

Makhosi Busisiwe Khoza is a South African politician who was the ActionSA candidate for Mayor of eThekwini in the 2021 municipal elections. [3] She was previously an ANC Member of Parliament (MP) who served as chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration and on the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development. She became known for calling on then president Jacob Zuma to step down. [4] In 1996, she was appointed as the deputy mayor of the Pietermaritzburg Local Municipality, at the age of 26. [5]

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Education

She holds a PhD in Public Administration and a Master's Degree in Social Science (Policy and Developmental Studies) from the University of Witwatersrand. [6] [7] She is also a fellow at the Aspen Global Leadership Institute. [8]

Political career

Having experience within both public and private sectors, Khoza served in the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development as a Member of Parliament from 4 to 21 September 2017. She was also a member of the Ad-hoc Committee on the Appointment of the Public Protector [8] On 21 September 2017, Khoza announced her resignation from the ANC to join the effort against corruption in South Africa. [9]

On 1 December 2017, Khoza announced that she would launch a new political party, named African Democratic Change [10] to be made of up of 16 small political groups. [11] [12] Khoza resigned from the African Democratic Change on 22 April 2018. [13]

After being unveiled as ActionSA's mayoral candidate for the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in 2021, in which she failed to be elected, she was elected Chairperson of the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC), the municipal equivalent of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. At the time, ActionSA President Herman Mashaba was quoted as saying "We wish Dr Khoza nothing but the best in her work in eThekwini but are comforted by the notion that she remains an active and loyal leader within our ranks." [14]

In March 2022, Dr Khoza's ActionSA membership was terminated, citing the outcome of an investigation by the party's Ethics and Disciplinary Committee. [15]

In February 2024, Dr Khoza joined the Abantu Batho Congress as its deputy president. [16]

Ubantu isiZulu Alphabetical language

Khoza is the creator of an alphabetical language ordering system that helps in the learning of the Zulu language. Khoza published a textbook that works to build a solid foundation of South African linguistic identity through the presenting of a new sound-unit sequencing, Ubantu isiZulu Alphabetical Logic Order (UZALO). Her textbook acts as a guide and practical bilingual tool that could be utilized into various other Bantu languages. [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ "MAKHOSI KHOZA LAUNCHES POLITICAL PARTY: AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CHANGE". Power987. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dr Makhosi Khoza Runs for Mayor – Together, we can FIX eThekwini". ActionSA. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Bendile, Dineo (20 July 2017). "ANC MP Makhosi Khoza: I'm not going to apologise. If they kill me, so be it". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "PUBLIC PROTECTOR AD HOC COMMITTEE ELECTS DR MAKHOSI KHOZA AS CHAIRPERSON". Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Dr Makhosi Busisiwe Khoza". People's Assembly. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Roodt, Tyler (18 July 2017). "Dr. Makhosi Khoza. An unofficial political legend". The Young Independents. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Makhosi Busisiwe Khoza". People's Assembly. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Makhosi Khoza leaves ANC to work with anti-corruption organisation". Mail & Guardian. 21 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Makhosi Khoza launches new party, vows not to make same mistakes as ANC". News24. 1 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Makhosi Khoza returns to politics to help form new party" . Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Makhosi Khoza's message to those opposed to her new party". The Citizen. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Makhosi Khoza resigns from politics". The Herald. 22 April 2018.
  14. ↑ Reporter, Citizen (23 December 2021). "ActionSA's Makhosi Khoza steps back from KZN leadership to focus on council oversight". The Citizen. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  15. ↑ Tonder, Anthony van (22 March 2022). "ActionSA Terminates Makhosi Khoza's Membership". ActionSA. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  16. ↑ "Makhosi Khoza joins ABC as deputy president". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  17. ↑ Khoza, Makhosi (2017). Uzalo: IsiZulu Grammar Textbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-108-43061-6.
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