Neo Harrison Masithela (born 20 March 1966)
is a South African politician and businessman who served in the
Executive Council of the Free State
The Executive Council (South Africa), Executive Council of the Free State is the cabinet of the executive branch of the Provincial governments of South Africa, provincial government in the South African Provinces of South Africa, province of the ...
from 2005 to 2009. Before that, he represented the
African National Congress (ANC) in the
National Assembly from 1999 to 2005. As of 2022, he was the chairperson of the African Farmers Association of South Africa.
Legislative career: 1999–2009
Masithela was elected to the National Assembly in the
1999 general election.
He stood as a candidate on the ANC's national party list
in his capacity as a member of the executive of the
ANC Youth League's
North West branch. In
the next general election in 2004, he was re-elected to a second term, on that occasion as a member of the ANC's
Free State caucus.
On 18 May 2005,
Masithela resigned from his seat in order to join the
Free State Provincial Legislature
The Free State Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Free State. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the executive council from among the members of the leading party ...
, where he was appointed by Premier
Beatrice Marshoff as
Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Tourism, Environment and Economic Affairs; he succeeded
Benny Malakoane
Benjamin "Benny" Malakoane is a South African politician and medical doctor who served in the Free State Executive Council from 2004 to 2005 and from 2013 to 2019. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he dropped out of the Executi ...
, whom Marshoff had sacked in April. He remained in that portfolio until October 2008, when, in a reshuffle, he was moved to replace
Mamiki Qabathe
Motlagomang Grazy Qabathe, commonly known as Mamiki Qabathe, is a South African politician who is currently serving in the Executive Council of the Free State as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development. Before that, she w ...
as MEC for Agriculture.
He left the provincial legislature and Executive Council after the
2009 general election.
References
External links
2020 interview with ''Farmer's Weekly''
Living people
African National Congress politicians
21st-century South African politicians
20th-century South African politicians
Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
Members of the Free State Provincial Legislature
1966 births
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