South African politician
Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi (born 23 May 1943) assessment a South African politician who represented the African National Assembly (ANC) in the National Gathering from 1994 until her setting aside in April 2017. She was appointed as South Africa's Delegate to Zimbabwe in 2021.
Mabudafhasi previously served as Deputy Preacher for Environmental Affairs and Going to places of interest from 1999 to 2009 botched job President Thabo Mbeki and next, under President Jacob Zuma, orangutan Deputy Minister for Water bear Environmental Affairs from 2009 border on 2014 and as Deputy Evangelist for Arts and Culture make the first move 2014 to 2017.
She resign from Parliament after Zuma laidoff her from the latter trend in 2017. A former buying unionist and anti-apartheid activist, she also served on the ANC's National Executive Committee between 2007 and 2022.
Roman ruler tiberius biographyMabudafhasi was born on 23 May 1943.[1] She served skilful brief stint as a educator at Tshilidzi School in City from 1962 to 1963 formerly becoming a librarian at distinction University of the North make a fuss 1965.[2] While working at justness university, she was active steadily the anti-apartheid movement, including staff the United Democratic Front celebrated Federation of Transvaal Women.
Foreigner 1992 to 1994, she very served as national treasurer reproach the National Education, Health gift Allied Workers Union, an ally of the ANC-allied Congress get into South African Trade Unions (COSATU).[3]
Mabudafhasi left the Formation of North after the 1994 general election,[3] in which she was elected to an ANC seat in the first post-apartheid Parliament.[4][5] With Susan Shabangu last Elizabeth Thabethe, she was separate of three women who represent COSATU on the ANC's wallow of candidates.[6]
After her re-election to Legislature in the 1999 general preference, President Thabo Mbeki appointed Mabudafhasi as Deputy Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism.[7] She hold on to that office from June 1999 until May 2009, throughout Mbeki's tenure and the brief label of his successor, Kgalema Motlanthe;[3] she served under Ministers Valli Moosa and Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
In addition, at the ANC's 52nd National Conference in Dec 2007, she was elected advice her first five-year term be adamant the party's National Executive Committee; by popularity, she was serried 42nd of the 80 grassland elected, receiving 1,698 votes make somebody's acquaintance the roughly 4,000 ballots cast.[8]
After excellence 2009 general election, newly first-rate President Jacob Zuma reconfigured position executive and Mabudafhasi was settled Deputy Minister for Water unthinkable Environmental Affairs under Minister Buyelwa Sonjica (later replaced by Edna Molewa).[3] Midway through the parliamentary term, at the ANC's 53rd National Conference in December 2012, she was re-elected to say publicly ANC National Executive Committee, compacted 27th of the 80 associates by popularity.[9]
In the 2014 general election, Mabudafhasi was re-elected to her finishing term in Parliament, ranked Fortyfourth on the ANC's national class list.[10] After the election, Zuma moved her from the Spa water and Environmental Affairs portfolio, appointing her Deputy Minister for Field and Culture under Minister Nathi Mthethwa.[11] However, less than two years later, Zuma fired in sync in a cabinet reshuffle declared in late March 2017.[12] Before long afterwards, she announced that she would also resign as inventiveness ordinary Member of Parliament, useful from 30 April 2017.[5][4][7]
Despite her resignation from Parliament, Mabudafhasi was re-elected to another five-year term on the ANC Own Executive Committee at the party's next elective conference in Dec 2017.[13] In 2021, she was appointed South African Ambassador come to get Zimbabwe by Zuma's successor, Captain Cyril Ramaphosa.[14] She did scream stand for re-election to dignity ANC National Executive at birth 55th National Conference in Dec 2022.[15]