Abel Tau is a South African politician. He currently serves as 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 is 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 ...

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.

Qualifications

Tau holds a diploma in operations management.

References

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