Nkele Molapo is a South African politician who represented the Democratic Alliance in the

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from May 2019 until her expulsion from the party in October 2020.

Political career

Molapo served as a DA councillor in the

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and as a Section 79 Oversight Committee Chairperson for Human Settlements before her election to the

in the May 2019 general election. In June 2019, she became a member of the education committee and an alternate member of both the petitions and social development committees. Molapo was expelled from the DA in October 2020 after she had allegedly shared information with the

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while a DA councillor in Tshwane. In March 2021, she joined

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's newly formed

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as its provincial media manager and Gauteng party chairperson

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's provincial spokesperson. As a member of

, she served a councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality following her election into office in November 2021. She was also a Section 79 Oversight Committee Chairperson for Community Safety. Molapo was expelled from ActionSA in March 2023 after an internal party investigation found that she had been sharing confidential party information with her husband Abel Tau, who was expelled from ActionSA in November 2022, to help him disparage the party. She was also accused of liking a

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post that criticised party leader

and bullying fellow ActionSA caucus members in Tshwane.

Personal life

In early-October 2020, Molapo accused former Tshwane mayor and DA caucus leader in the legislature,

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, of sexual harassment. She alleged that the incident happened in 2014. Msimanga denied the allegation. In December 2021, Molapo was a victim of identity theft.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molapo, Nkele Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Pretoria Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians