Gijimani Jim Skosana (born 9 September 1978) is a South African politician from

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and a current

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for the

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(ANC). He previously served as the mayor of the

Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality is Siyabuswa. Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the followi ...

from 2016 to 2017.

Early life and education

Gijimani Jim Skosana was born on 9 September 1978. He matriculated from Bonginhlanhla High School. He holds a certificate in mechanical engineering from the CN Mahlangu College, a certificate in Leadership Development from the Kutloano ea Kagiso Institute, and an MSOQ certificate in computer science from the ICT Institute. Skosana also holds a certificate in Municipal Financial Management from the

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Political career

A member of the

, Skosana is a current member of the party's regional executive committee in the Nkangala Region in

. He is a former convenor of the

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's provincial task team. He also served as the regional deputy chairperson of the ANC Youth League in the ANC's Nkangala Region. He was also the Ephraim Mogale district secretary of the Young Communist League of South Africa. While a student at the CN Mahlangu College, he served as the branch secretary of the

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. Skosana was the branch secretary of the ANC's ward 3 branch in the

. Before he was elected mayor of the municipality in the August 3, 2016 municipal elections, he was the council speaker. In March 2017, Skosana was robbed and kidnapped from his house, before being dumped near

Kwaggafontein Kwaggafontein is a town along the Moloto Road (R573) under Thembisile Hani Local Municipality Jurisdiction in the Nkangala District Municipality, which is located in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was established in the late 1940s by t ...

in the

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. He was removed as mayor in September 2017 and replaced with Thulare Madileng.

Parliamentary career

On 2 November 2017, Skosana became a

, the lower house of parliament. He then became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, and the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans. Skosana was elected to a full term as a Member of Parliament in the 2019 general election. He is currently a member of the

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. On 21 June 2021, he became an alternate member of the

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