Thanduxolo Khalipha | |
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Executive Mayor of the Matjhabeng Local Municipality | |
Assumed office 29 November 2021 | |
Preceded by | Nkosinjani Speelman |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
In office 22 May 2019 –24 November 2021 | |
Constituency | Free State |
Personal details | |
Born | Thanduxolo David Khalipha 26 January 1963 |
Political party | African National Congress |
Residence(s) | Welkom,Free State |
Profession | Politician |
Thanduxolo David Khalipha (born 26 January 1963) is a South African politician who has been the Executive Mayor of the Matjhabeng Local Municipality since 2021. He was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from the Free State from 2019 to 2021. Khalipha is a member of the African National Congress.
A member of the African National Congress,Khalipha served as the ward councillor for ward 17 in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality before he was elected to parliament. [1]
In 2019,he stood for election to the South African National Assembly as the 3rd candidate on the ANC's list of parliamentary candidates from the Free State. [2] [3] He was elected in the election and was sworn in as an MP on 22 May 2019. [4]
On 27 June 2019,he was named to the Portfolio Committee on Tourism. [5]
Khalipha became a member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry,which will determine Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office,on 21 June 2021. [6]
In the local government elections of 1 November 2021,the ANC retained their majority on the municipal council of the Matjhabeng Local Municipality. Khalipha was formally announced as the ANC's mayoral candidate on 16 November. The Free State ANC was criticised for nominating Khalipha because he allegedly did not have a matric certificate. The provincial ANC defended him,arguing that he has "strategic leadership" skills. [7] [8] He resigned from the National Assembly on 24 November and was elected mayor on 29 November. [9]
Khalipha lives in Welkom in the Free State. [1]
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