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Executive Council Of The Free State
The Executive Council (South Africa), Executive Council of the Free State is the cabinet of the executive branch of the Provincial governments of South Africa, provincial government in the South African Provinces of South Africa, province of the Free State (province), Free State. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Free State Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the Free State, an office held since March 2018 by Sisi Ntombela of the African National Congress (ANC). Direko premiership: 1999–2004 Winkie Direko was elected as the Free State's third Premier in the 1999 South African general election, 1999 general election. She reshuffled her Executive Council on 28 June 2001, firing three MECs: Tate Makgoe, Anna Buthelezi-Phori, and Casca Mokitlane. Marshoff premiership: 2004–2009 Beatrice Marshoff was elected Premier in the 2004 South African general election, 2004 general elections; her new Executive Council was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executive Council (South Africa)
In South Africa, the Executive Council of a province is the cabinet of the provincial government. The Executive Council consists of the Premier and five to ten other members,''Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996'', Chapter 6: "Provinces", ss. 125–141 who have the title "Member of the Executive Council", commonly abbreviated to "MEC". MECs are appointed by the Premier from amongst the members of the provincial legislature; the Premier can also dismiss them. The provincial legislature may force the Premier to reconstitute the council by passing a motion of no confidence in the Executive Council excluding the Premier; if the legislature passes a motion of no confidence in the Executive Council ''including'' the Premier, then the Premier and the MECs must resign. The Premier designates powers and functions to the MECs; conventionally they are assigned portfolios in specific areas of responsibility. They are accountable to the provincial legislature, both indiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mann Oelrich
Hermann Hans von Malitz Oelrich (born 4 July 1938) is a retired South African politician who served as the Free State's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture under Premier Winkie Direko. He was appointed to the position in June 2001 after gaining election to the Free State Provincial Legislature The Free State Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Free State. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the executive council from among the members of the leading party ... in 1999. Initially a member of the African National Congress (ANC), he defected to the Congress of the People in 2008 after leaving government. References Living people 1938 births African National Congress politicians 21st-century South African politicians 20th-century South African politicians Members of the Free State Provincial Legislature Congress of the People (South African political party) politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 South African General Election
General elections were held in South Africa on 22 April 2009 to elect members of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures. These were the fourth general elections held since the end of the apartheid era. The North Gauteng High Court ruled on 9 February 2009 that South African citizens living abroad should be allowed to vote in elections. The judgment was confirmed by the Constitutional Court on 12 March 2009, when it decided that overseas voters who were already registered would be allowed to vote. Registered voters who found themselves outside their registered voting districts on election day were also permitted to vote for the national ballot at any voting station in South Africa. The result was a victory for the ruling African National Congress (ANC), which won 264 of the 400 seats in the National Assembly, a fifteen seat reduction compared to the 2004 elections and losing its two-thirds supermajority. ANC leader Jacob Zuma remained president. Background and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamiki Qabathe
Motlagomang Grazy Qabathe, commonly known as Mamiki Qabathe, is a South African politician who is currently serving in the Executive Council of the Free State as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development. Before that, she was Speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature from 2015 to 2019. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Qabathe began her political career as an activist in the South African Municipal Workers' Union and as the first Executive Mayor of Lejweleputswa District Municipality. She was first appointed to the Executive Council in January 2008 under Premier Beatrice Marshoff and she retained her seat throughout the first term of Premier Ace Magashule; she held a variety of portfolios, most prominently as MEC for Agriculture (in 2008, from 2009 to 2011, and from 2013 to 2015). She also served under Magashule as Deputy Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Free State branch from 2008 to 2021. Early life and career Qabathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mxolisi Dukwana
Mxolisi Dukwana is a South African politician who has been the 7th Premier of the Free State since his election in February 2023. Prior to his election, he served in the Free State Executive Council as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Having been appointed the convener or interim leader of the Free State branch of his political party, the African National Congress (ANC) in May 2021, he was elected as the Provincial Chairperson of the party in January 2023. A teacher by training, Dukwana entered provincial government as MEC for Education from 1996 to 1998. Between 1998 and 2008, he held a variety of positions in the Free State Provincial Legislature, where he was Majority Chief Whip, Deputy Speaker, and Speaker. Over the same period he rose through the provincial ANC, ultimately serving as Provincial Treasurer of the ANC in the Free State from 2005 to 2012. In 2008, he was returned to the Executive Council by Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playfair Morule , now known as the Central Library, at Imperial College London
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Playfair may refer to: * Playfair (surname) * Playfair (lunar crater) * Playfair (Martian crater) * PlayFair, software that removes Apple's FairPlay DRM file encryption, now succeeded by Hymn See also *Playfair Project * TS ''Playfair'', a Canadian sail training vessel * Playfair's axiom named after John Playfair * Playfair cipher, a manual encryption technique invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone * Playfair Cricket Annual * Playfair Race Course *Lyon Playfair Library The Abdus Salam Library is the main academic and research library of Imperial College London. The current library opened in August 1969, taking over from the original Lyon Playfair Library which had opened in 1959. The collection grew out of ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Malakoane
Benjamin "Benny" Malakoane is a South African politician and medical doctor who served in the Free State Executive Council from 2004 to 2005 and from 2013 to 2019. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he dropped out of the Executive Council after failing to gain re-election to the Free State Provincial Legislature in the 2019 general election. Malakoane was best known for his tenure as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health from 2013 to 2016, in which capacity he faced continuous opposition from the Treatment Action Campaign. Between 2013 and 2018, he also faced criminal charges in connection with alleged procurement corruption at Matjhabeng Local Municipality, where Malakoane served as municipal manager from 2007 to 2010 during a hiatus from legislative politics. Early life and education Malakoane is from Kroonstad in the former Orange Free State. He is a medical doctor: he completed his MBChB at the Medical University of Southern Africa, as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Magashule
Elias Sekgobelo "Ace" Magashule (born 3 November 1959) is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who was Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) until his suspension on 3 May 2021. He served as the Premier of the Free State, one of South Africa's nine provinces, from 2009 until 2018, and is known to be influential in the ANC of his home province. An outspoken ally of former President Jacob Zuma, Magashule has been accused of various corrupt activities. He was arrested in November 2020 and awaits trial on charges relating to corruption under a government contract awarded while he was Premier. Early life Magashule attended Tumahole Primary School (now Lembede Primary) and Phehellang Secondary School in his hometown of Tumahole, Parys. He gained his nickname, "Ace," on the school soccer field. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Fort Hare University, and after graduating taught at Moqhaka High School in Sebokeng and later at Phehella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 South African General Election
General elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority. These were the third elections held since the end of the apartheid era. The South African National Assembly consists of 400 members, elected by proportional representation. 200 members are elected from national party lists, the other 200 are elected from party lists in each of the nine provinces. The President of South Africa is chosen by the National Assembly after each election. The ANC, which has been in power since 1994, obtained 69.7% of votes cast on the national ballot, theoretically allowing them to change the constitution. Some 20.6-million people were registered for the 2004 general elections, which was about 2 million more than in 1999. About 76% of registered voters took part in the election, with the ANC receiving 69.7% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webster Mfebe
Mthawelanga Webster Mfebe (born 14 July 1959) is a South African businessman, politician, and former trade unionist. He has been the chief executive officer of the South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors since 2013. Before entering business full-time, Mfebe represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1996 and then in the Free State Provincial Legislature from 1996 to 2004. He was the Free State's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts, Culture, Science and Technology from 1997 to 2004. Early life and career Born on 14 July 1959, Mfebe rose to political prominence during apartheid through the trade union movement and Mass Democratic Movement. Legislative career In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Mfebe was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly. He remained in the seat until 1996, when he resigned in order to join the Free State Provincial Legislature; he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Marshoff
Frances Beatrice Marshoff (born 17 September 1957) was Premier of the Free State from 2004 to 2009. She succeeded Winkie Direko to the position on 22 April 2004, and was replaced by Ace Magashule on 6 May 2009. Marshoff is also a registered nurse and was previously Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development in the Free State (June 2001 - 21 April 2004). Before that, she was a member of Parliament for the African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ... (1994–1999). References 1957 births Living people People from Bloemfontein Premiers of the Free State (province) African National Congress politicians Women premiers of South African provinces South African nurses Members of the Free State Provincial Legisla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechesa Tsenoli
Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli is a South African politician who currently serves as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation syste .... See also * African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights * Constitution of South Africa * History of the African National Congress * Politics in South Africa * Provincial governments of South Africa References Living people 21st-century South African politicians African National Congress politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Year of birth missing (living people) People from the Free State (province) {{FreeState-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
