Ofentse Mokae | |
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Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the Northern Cape | |
Assumed office 15 June 2024 | |
Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
In office 11 September 2019 –28 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Allen Grootboom |
Councillor of the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality | |
In office 2016–2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ofentse Jeremiah Mokae Galeshewe,Kimberley,South Africa |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Profession | Politician |
Ofentse Jeremiah Mokae is a South African politician who has been a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces for the Northern Cape since 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance,Mokae was a councillor of the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality from 2016 to 2019 and then served as a member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature until 2024.
Mokae was born in Galeshewe,Kimberley. [1] He matriculated from Thabane High School and went to study at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He holds a national diploma in journalism and a B-tech degree. Mokae is currently studying towards a diploma in local government from the University of Fort Hare. [1]
Mokae joined the Congress of South African Students and was elected as the local secretary for the organisation's student body in the Sol Plaatje sub-region in 2006. While at university,he was active in both the South African Student Congress and the Students' Christian Organisation. [1] In 2011,he joined the Democratic Alliance. [1]
Mokae returned to Kimberley in 2013. He was appointed as a field worker for the DA. [1] The DA also appointed him as a provincial youth coordinator and as a researcher at the provincial legislature. [1] In 2014,Mokae participated in US President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative. [1] In 2016,he was elected as a proportional representation councillor of the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality. [1] At the age of 29,he was the youngest member of the DA's caucus. [1]
In September 2019,the DA selected him to fill Allen Grootboom's seat in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature. He was sworn in on 11 September 2019. [2]
Following the 2024 general election,Mokae was sworn in as a Member of the National Council of Provinces. [3]
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