Tshoganetso Tongwane | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
In office 10 June 2019 –19 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Susan Shabangu |
Succeeded by | Michael Masutha |
In office 30 May 2014 –7 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Max Sisulu |
In office 2008 –6 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Died | 19 May 2021 |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | African National Congress |
Tshoganetso Mpho Adolphina Tongwane (died 19 May 2021) was a South African politician. An African National Congress member,she was appointed to the National Assembly in 2008. She was elected to a full term in parliament at the 2009 election. She served until the 2014 election when she lost her seat. Tongwane returned to parliament a few weeks later,filling the seat of former speaker Max Sisulu. She lost her seat again at the 2019 election,only to be appointed back to parliament a couple of weeks later.
Tongwane died on 19 May 2021.
Tongwane grew up in a politically active family. Her political career began in the 1980s when she joined the United Democratic Front and later the African National Congress. [1]
Tongwane joined the National Assembly in 2008 before the 2009 general election. [2] She was elected to a full term in the election,despite the ANC losing support. [3] She was then appointed to serve on the Home Affairs and Human Settlements portfolio committees. [1] Tongwane was the ANC's constituency contact for the party's Kathu constituency office for the Fourth Parliament (2009 to 2014). [1]
She stood for re-election in the May 7,2014 election as 124th on the ANC's national list of parliamentary candidates for the National Assembly. [4] She was not re-elected to the National Assembly as a result of the ANC's electoral decline. On 29 May 2014,former speaker Max Sisulu resigned his seat in the assembly. [5] The ANC selected Tongwane to fill his seat as she was next on the list and she was sworn in on 30 May. [1] Tongwane was then assigned to the Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries and Labour portfolio committees. [1]
Tongwane stood for another term in parliament in the May 8,2019 general election,having been placed in the 116th position on the ANC's national list. [6] Once again,she was not re-elected to the National Assembly due to the ANC's support declining even further at the polls. Former Social Development minister Susan Shabangu resigned as a member of the National Assembly after she was not reappointed to the cabinet. [7] The ANC chose Tongwane to take up her seat and she was sworn in on 10 June 2019. [8] On 27 June,Tongwane was named to the Portfolio Committee on Environment,Forestry and Fisheries. [1] Tongwane was a Backbencher during her three terms in parliament.
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