Alvin Botes (born 9 September 1973) is a South African

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(ANC) politician from the Northern Cape who has been serving as the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since May 2019. He became a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa in February 2018. He was the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development from 2009 to 2013 and the MEC for Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs from 2013 to 2018. Botes served as a Member of the

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from 2009 to 2018.

Early life and education

Botes was born on 9 September 1973. He obtained a bachelor's degree in technology in business administration, a post-graduate diploma in public and development management and a national diploma in management from the

Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Peninsula University of Technology, a university in Cape Town, South Africa, is the only university of technology in the Western Cape province, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 32,000 students. It was formed b ...

. Botes is currently studying towards a master's degree in management from the

University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( or ). The university ...

Political career

He later joined the ANC. Botes worked as the party's provincial head of policy, research and analysis between 1999 and 2009. During the same period, he was involved with the party's youth league. He was first elected provincial treasurer of the youth league, prior to his election as provincial chairperson. From 2003 to 2009, he was a member of the youth league's national executive committee. He was also deputy secretary of the provincial ANC structure from 2008 to 2017. Botes was elected to the

in the 2009 election held on 22 April. He took office as a member on 6 May 2009. Premier

Hazel Jenkins Hazel Gertrude Jenkins is a South African politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape province. She served as Premier from May 2009 until she officially stood down in April 2013, following a stroke. The motion to recognise her stepping ...

appointed him MEC for Social Development. In June 2013, he was appointed MEC for Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs by newly elected premier Sylvia Lucas. Botes was elected to the ANC NEC in December 2017 as one of 80 members. He was sworn in as a Member of the

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in February 2018, after initially refusing to be redeployed. In May 2019, president

Cyril Ramaphosa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician who is currently serving as the fifth democratically elected president of South Africa. Formerly an anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader, and ...

appointed him Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation. He serves alongside

Candith Mashego-Dlamini Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini is the current Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation in South Africa, along with Mr Alvin Botes and has served as MEC for various Departments of The Mpumalanga Provincial Government under the Adm ...

while

Naledi Pandor Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor (née Matthews; born 7 December 1953) is a South African politician, educator and academic serving as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since 2019. She has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) ...

serves as the department's minister. Botes stood unsuccessfully for re-election as a member of the ANC NEC at the party's 55th National Conference held in December 2022.

References

External links

Alvin Botes, Mr – South African Government
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Mr Alvin Botes – Parliament of South Africa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Botes, Alvin Living people 1973 births Cape Coloureds People from the Northern Cape African National Congress politicians 21st-century South African politicians Members of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Cape Peninsula University of Technology alumni University of the Witwatersrand alumni