Thandeka Moloko Mbabama (born 12 September 1956) is a South African politician of the Democratic Alliance who has been serving as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development since June 2019. She has been a

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(MP) since November 2016. From January 2017 to June 2019, she was the Shadow Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform.

Career

Mbabama is a member of the Democratic Alliance. In 2016, she was elected to the

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to replace

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. She was sworn into office on 8 November 2016. On 24 November 2016, DA parliamentary leader

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appointed her to the post of Shadow Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform. Mbabama became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform on 8 December 2016. Her appointment as Shadow Deputy Minister took effect on 1 January 2017. Mbabama was appointed to the Constitutional Review Committee in May 2018. In February 2019, she became a member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution. Mbabama returned to Parliament following the general election in May 2019. In June 2019, she was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. In October 2019, she returned to the Ad Hoc committee to amend section 25 of the constitution as a non-voting member. On 5 December 2020, Mbabama was re-appointed to her shadow cabinet role by the newly elected DA leader,

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Views

Mbabama has been critical of

expropriation without compensation Land reform in South Africa is the promise of "land restitution" to empower farm workers (who now have the opportunity to become farmers) and reduce inequality. This also refers to aspects such as, property, possibly white owned businesses. Propo ...

. In March 2018, she voted against the motion. In May 2018, she blamed the ruling

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for failed land reform programmes. Mbabama said in December 2018 that the ANC was using the new Land Expropriation Bill as an "electioneering tool".

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mbabama, Thandeka Living people 1956 births Xhosa people Politicians from the Eastern Cape Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa