Tsholofelo Motshidi-Bodlani | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 17 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Mike Waters |
In office 18 March 2018 –7 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Brandon Topham |
Personal details | |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Occupation | Member of Parliament |
Profession | Politician |
Tsholofelo Katlego Motshidi-Bodlani is a South African politician from Gauteng. She is currently a member of the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance.
Motshidi-Bodlani had served as a Democratic Alliance councillor in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. [1] She stood for election to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in the 2014 election as 46th on the DA's list. [2] Due to the DA's electoral performance,she was not elected. [3]
On 18 March 2018,Motshidi-Bodlani entered the National Assembly,the lower house of parliament,as a replacement for Brandon Topham,a DA MP who had resigned. [4] She was then named to the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology in October 2018. [5]
Prior to the 2019 general elections,Motshidi-Bodlani was placed 127th on the DA's National Assembly list,40th on the DA's Gauteng list of National Assembly candidates,and 30th on the DA's list for the provincial legislature. [6] She was not elected to parliament or the provincial legislature. [7]
On 17 March 2021,Motshidi-Bodlani returned to the National Assembly as a replacement for Mike Waters. [8]
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