Sanele Magaqa | |
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Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
Assumed office 23 September 2015 | |
Preceded by | Nokonwaba Matikinca |
Personal details | |
Born | Sanele Magaqa |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Occupation | Member of the Provincial Legislature |
Profession | Politician |
Sanele Magaqa is a South African politician and a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance (DA). He previously served as a DA councillor in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and the Amathole District Municipality.
Magaqa had served as a Democratic Alliance councillor in the Amathole District Municipality. He was then elected as a DA councillor in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in 2011. In September 2015,he resigned from the Buffalo City Council and was sworn in as a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature for the DA. He was appointed as Shadow MEC for Human Settlements. [1] Magaqa was elected to a full term in the provincial legislature in 2019. [2]
In April 2018,Magaqa was hijacked by seven armed men in King William's Town in the Eastern Cape. [3]
In June 2021,Magaqa appeared in the Keiskammahoek Magistrate’s Court for allegedly assaulting a woman in Keiskammahoek back in December 2017. [4] [5]
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