Buoang Mashile Explained

Party:African National Congress
Termstart1:14 May 2004
Termend1:May 2009
Citizenship:South Africa
Birth Date:17 December 1957
Office:Member of the National Assembly
Office3:Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Constituency Am3:Mpumalanga
Termstart3:7 May 2009
Termend3:21 April 2014
Termstart:21 May 2014
Termend:7 May 2019
Constituency1:Limpopo
Office2:Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interest
Termstart2:27 August 2009
Termend2:21 April 2014
Alongside2:Luwellyn Landers and Ben Turok
Successor2:Omie Singh
Birth Name:Buoang Lemias Mashile

Buoang Lemias Mashile (born 17 December 1957)[1] is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament from 2004 to 2019. He served in the National Assembly for two non-consecutive terms from 2004 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2019. In the interim, he served in the Mpumalanga caucus of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).

Legislative career

Mashile joined the National Assembly on 14 May 2004, filling a seat in the Limpopo constituency that had initially been designated for Mninwa Mahlangu; Mahlangu joined the NCOP instead.[2] After one term in the seat, Mashile moved to the NCOP after the 2009 general election. In the NCOP, he was a member of the Mpumalanga caucus, and he was elected as co-chairperson of Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests; he served alongside the National Assembly's Luwellyn Landers and later Ben Turok.[3] [4]

In the 2014 general election, Mashile returned to the National Assembly on the ANC's national party list.[5] The ANC nominated him to chair the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs.[6] In May 2018, in a reshuffle of the ANC's parliamentary caucus, he replaced Fezeka Loliwe as chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Labour.[7] He held the latter position until the 2019 general election, when he vacated his legislative seat.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6 April 2009 . 2009 National and Provincial Election – Final Candidate Lists . 27 May 2023 . Electoral Commission of South Africa.
  2. Web site: 2009-01-15 . National Assembly Members . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514071402/http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 . 14 May 2009 . 2023-04-08 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
  3. Web site: 27 August 2009 . Joint Committee on Ethics & Members' Interests Election of Co-Chairpersons . 2023-05-27 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group . en.
  4. Web site: 2012-03-08 . ANC parliamentarian cleared of misconduct claims . 2023-05-27 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  5. Web site: Buoang Lemias Mashile . 2023-05-27 . People's Assembly . en.
  6. Web site: 12 June 2014 . New Appointments For The Fifth Parliament . 2023-05-27 . ANC Parliamentary Caucus.
  7. Web site: 30 May 2018 . ANC appoints new committee chairpersons and whips . 2023-05-27 . Sunday Times . en-ZA.