Sussana Rebecca Dantjie (née Tsebe) is a South African politician who has been serving as the Speaker of the

North West Provincial Legislature The North West Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of North West (South Africa), North West. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the memb ...

since May 2014. She was a

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from May 2009 to May 2014. Dantjie is a member of the

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Political career

Dantjie is a member of the

. She was elected to the

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in April 2009. On 6 May, she was sworn in as an MP. During her parliamentary tenure, she sat on both the Portfolio Committee on Communications and the Standing Committee on Auditor General. Ahead of the May 2014 general election, Dantjie was placed 12th on the party's candidate list to the

. She was elected and was sworn in as an MPL on 21 May. She was also elected as the speaker of the provincial legislature, replacing

Supra Mahumapelo Supra Obakeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo is a South African politician and musician. He served as the Provincial Secretary of the African National Congress North West Provincial Leadership from 2011 until August 2018. He previously served as Speaker ...

, who was elected the provincial premier. Jane Manganye was elected as her deputy. Dantjie was re-elected to the provincial legislature in May 2019 and remained as speaker. Manganye was elected to Parliament. The provincial ANC selected Viola Motsumi as their candidate for deputy speaker, and she was elected on 22 May.

Personal life

Dantjie is married to Lungile Dantjie.

References

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