Bridgette Tlhomelang Explained

Bridgette Tlhomelang
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:22 May 2019
Constituency1:North West
Birthname:Keitumetse Bridgette Tlhomelang
Birth Date:28 December 1975
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress
Profession:Member of Parliament
Committees:Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development

Keitumetse Bridgette Tlhomelang (born 28 December 1975) is a South African politician who serves as an African National Congress Member of Parliament from the North West.

Parliamentary career

Tlhomelang is a member of the African National Congress. She was ranked 8th on the ANC's list of parliamentary candidates from the North West for the May 8, 2019 parliamentary election.[1] The ANC won 63.69% of the total vote on the national ballot in the province, entitling it to nine out of the thirteen regional seats in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.[2] Tlhomelang was elected to the National Assembly and was sworn in during the first sitting of the National Assembly after the election on 22 May 2019.[3]

Tlhomelang was appointed to serve on the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development for the 6th Parliament (2019–2024) on 27 June 2019.[4] On 12 July, she was elected to serve on the five-member Steering Committee of the Multi-Party Women's Caucus.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: African National Congress Candidates List 2019 . African National Congress . 13 July 2021 . 15 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210815122923/https://anc1912.org.za/candidates-list-2019-elections . dead .
  2. Web site: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - VOTE AND SEAT SUMMARY . Electoral Commission of South Africa . 13 July 2021.
  3. News: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures . 13 July 2021 . News24 . 15 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Announcements, tablings and committee reports . Parliament of South Africa . 13 July 2021 . 27 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Election of Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and Steering Committee . Parliamentary Monitoring Group . 13 July 2021 . 12 July 2019.