Abel Tau is a South African politician. He was the MMC for Human Settlements in the
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) () is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pr ...
. He was a senior member of
ActionSA
ActionSA is a South African political party established by former mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, soon after he left the Democratic Alliance.
The party states that it has been established to "set South Africa free from the restraints of ...
. He was expelled from the party amid a sexual misconduct scandal.
Qualifications
Tau holds a diploma in operations management.
Political career
Democratic Alliance (until 2020)
Abel Tau served as a
Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor in the
City of Tshwane and the DA's regional chairperson until 2020 when he resigned to join
Herman Mashaba's movement - The People's Dialogue.
Whilst Tau was still a member of the DA, he served as the MMC for Utility Services and an acting executive mayor in 2019.
ActionSA
Abel Tau was ActionSA's mayoral candidate for the City of Tshwane during the
2021 Local Government elections. He was sworn in as a councillor for ActionSA in the City of Tshwane on 23 November 2021 during the City's inaugural council meeting. He was appointed as the MMC of Housing and Human settlements by Randall Williams on 14 December 2021.
Tau served as ActionSA's caucus leader in the Tshwane council until 10 March 2021.
In November 2022, he was expelled from ActionSA after rape allegations were levelled against him.
United Africans Transformation
Tau launched a new political party,
United Africans Transformation
The United Africans Transformation (UAT) is a minor political party in South Africa. It was founded in November 2022 by a group of individuals who broke away from the African National Congress (ANC). The UATP is centered around Africanism, pan-Af ...
(UAT), on 17 January 2023 as he filed court papers at the North Gauteng High Court to challenge the termination of his ActionSA membership.
The Transformation Alliance
In June 2023, Tau announced he was leaving the UAT, and forming a new organisation, The Transformation Alliance (TTA).
Personal life
Tau is married to
Nkele Molapo
Nkele Molapo is a South African politician who represented the Democratic Alliance in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from May 2019 until her expulsion from the party in October 2020.
Political career
Molapo served as a DA councillor in the ...
, whose ActionSA membership was terminated in March 2023 after an internal party investigation found that she had shared confidential information about the party with Tau, in violation of the party rules.
References
ActionSA politicians
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people