Shakes Cele | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assembly Member for KwaZulu-Natal | |
| In office 21 July 2010 –7 May 2019 | |
| In office 2 September 2005 –May 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 25 July 2020 |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Mosie Anthony "Shakes" Cele (died 25 July 2020) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2009.
Cele was a member of the United Democratic Front in the Natal Midlands,where he was also closely involved in establishing legal ANC structures after the party was unbanned in 1990. [1] [2] He was a member of the inaugural regional executive committee of the ANC's Natal Midlands branch,then chaired by Harry Gwala. [2] In October 1992,he was travelling with Gwala's deputy,Reggie Hadebe,when Hadebe was assassinated outside Ixopo;Cele,Hadebe,and John Jeffery were driving back together from peace talks with Inkatha,and Cele sustained mild injuries when the car was ambushed. [3] [4]
Cele went on to become regional secretary and then regional chair of the ANC's Moses Mabhida branch in Pietermaritzburg. [2] On 2 September 2005,he was sworn in to an ANC seat in the National Assembly,representing the KwaZulu-Natal constituency;he replaced Ruth Bhengu,who had resigned. [5] In the next general election in 2009,he was not immediately re-elected,but he was sworn in to fill another casual vacancy on 21 July 2010. [6] He was re-elected in 2014,ranked fifth on the ANC's provincial party list for KwaZulu-Natal;during the legislative term that followed,he served as a party whip in the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development. [7]
In the 2019 general election,he dropped to the rank of 34th on the ANC's provincial party list and he was not re-elected. [7] He died on 25 July 2020 in Pietermaritzburg. [1]