Stone Sizani | |
|---|---|
| Sizani in 2014 | |
| Chief Whip of the Majority Party | |
| In office 2013 –2 March 2016 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Mathole Motshekga |
| Succeeded by | Jackson Mthembu |
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 22 April 2009 –2 March 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1954 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of East Anglia |
Phumelele Stone Sizani (born 2 March 1954) is a South African politician who was,until his resignation on 2 March 2016,a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa and the African National Congress Chief Whip. [1] It has been reported that upon leaving Parliament his next post will be South African Ambassador to Germany. [2]
At the age of 18 he was arrested and sent to Robben Island as a political prisoner,where he remained incarcerated from 1978 to 1980. [3] He graduated with an MA in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia in 1995,where he was a Chevening Scholar. [4]