Oupa Khoabane

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Oupa Khoabane
Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature
In office
21 May 2014 –7 May 2019
Preceded by Msebenzi Zwane
Succeeded by Benny Malakoane
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Citizenship South Africa
Political party African National Congress

Motete Daniel "Oupa" Khoabane is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature from 2014 to 2019. During that time, he served as the Free State's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2015 to 2018 and as MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2018 to 2019. He failed to gain re-election to the provincial legislature in the 2019 general election.

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Political career

Khoabane served a single term in the provincial legislature after gaining election in the 2014 general election; he was ranked seventh on the ANC's provincial party list. [1] Just over a year after the election, he was appointed to the Free State Executive Council by Premier Ace Magashule, who named him as MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development. In that office he succeeded Msebenzi Zwane, who had resigned to join the National Assembly and national Cabinet. [2]

He remained in the Agriculture and Rural Development portfolio until 9 May 2018, when Magashule's successor, Premier Sisi Ntombela, announced a reshuffle which saw him appointed as MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. [3] A year later, in the 2019 general election, Khoabane left the provincial legislature, and therefore the Executive Council, after failing to gain re-election; he was ranked 27th on the ANC's provincial party list in the election and lost his legislative seat. [1]

In May 2015, the national leadership of the ANC appointed an interim provincial committee to lead the Free State ANC after the elected provincial leadership corps, headed by Sam Mashinini, was declared unlawful in court. Khoabane was appointed as a member of the interim committee [4] and went on to serve as its spokesperson. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Motete Daniel Khoabane". People's Assembly. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "New MEC for agriculture appointed". News24. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Makhafola, Getrude (9 May 2018). "Free State Premier Sisi Ntombela reshuffles Cabinet". IOL. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Thale, Neo (25 May 2021). "Magashule's nemesis Dukwana named as Free State ANC convenor". The Citizen. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Nare, Simon (11 October 2022). "Time running out for provincial ANC for December conference". Daily Sun. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Feketha, Siviwe (5 January 2023). "ANC clamps down on feuding Mangaung factions". City Press. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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