Serake Leeuw | |
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Mayor of Matjhabeng | |
In office 2000–2006 | |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 9 May 1994 –6 December 2000 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Serake Jacob Leeuw 6 December 1960 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Serake Jacob Leeuw (born 6 December 1960) [1] is a South African politician and former trade unionist. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2000,gaining election in 1994 [2] and 1999. [1] He was a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts,where Andrew Feinstein said he was one of Parliament's "leading lights". [3]
Leeuw left the National Assembly after the 2000 local elections,on 6 December 2000, [4] in order to become Mayor of Matjhabeng Local Municipality in the Free State. [5] During his term as mayor,the municipality faced violent service delivery protests in 2005. [6] [7] [8]
During apartheid,Leeuw was a founding member of the Post and Telecommunication Workers' Association (POTWA) and served as POTWA regional treasurer from 1986 to 1992. He is also a former regional chairperson of the Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Northern Cape and Free State region. [9]
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