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Priscilla Sindisiwe Sekgobela
Priscilla Sindisiwe Sekgobela (born 11 May 1957) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa, National Assembly from 1994 to 2009, serving the Mpumalanga constituency. She returned for a brief second term from January to May 2014. Legislative career Sekgobela was born on 11 May 1957. She was first elected to the National Assembly in the 1994 South African general election, 1994 general election, South Africa's first under universal suffrage, and she gained re-election in 1999 South African general election, 1999 and 2004 South African general election, 2004. She represented the Mpumalanga constituency. She also served as a party whip until August 2007, when the ANC announced that it would demote her; she had been implicated in the so-called Travelgate (South Africa), Travelgate scandal, which concerned the abuse of parliamentary travel vouchers, and had signed an acknowledgement of debt to Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the 1994 South African general election, first post-apartheid election installed Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent national President, has served as President of the ANC since 18 December 2017. Founded on 8 January 1912 in Bloemfontein as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), the organisation was formed to agitate, by moderate methods, for the rights of black South Africans. When the National Party (South Africa), National Party government came to power 1948 South African general election, in 1948, the ANC's central purpose became to oppose the new government's policy of institutionalised apartheid. To this end, its methods and means of organisation shifted; its adoption of the techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
