Doris Dlakude Explained

Doris Dlakude
Office:Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party
Term Start:20 June 2013
President:Jacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
1Blankname:Chief Whip
1Namedata:Mathole Motshekga
Stone Sizani
Jackson Mthembu
Pemmy Majodina
Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Term Start1:9 February 2010
Constituency1:Mpumalanga
Honorific Suffix:MP
Party:African National Congress
Predecessor:Mmamoloko Kubayi (acting)
Bulelani Magwanishe
Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
Birth Date:16 August 1969
Spouse:Vusi Dlakude

Doris Eunice Dlakude (born 16 August 1969), sometimes also spelled Dorris or Dorries, is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She is currently serving as the Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Assembly. She was appointed to that position in June 2013, representing the African National Congress, and she has been a Member of Parliament since February 2010.

Early life and education

Born on 16 August 1969,[1] Dlakude matriculated at Mjokwane Senior Secondary School in Komatipoort in the former Eastern Transvaal.[2] She has an Honours degree in governance and leadership from the University of the Witwatersrand.[3]

Early political career

Dlakude held a variety of positions in her political party, the African National Congress (ANC); she was regional treasurer of the ANC Youth League in Ehlanzeni, served on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC and ANC Women's League in Mpumalanga, and spent six terms as the secretary of her local ANC branch. She joined the National Assembly on 9 February 2010, filling the casual vacancy caused by Nomatyala Hangana's resignation.[4]

Deputy Chief Whip: 2013–present

On 20 June 2013, the ANC announced that Dlakude would take office as Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party; she deputised Stone Sizani, who was also newly appointed, and replaced Mmamoloko Kubayi, who had been acting in the position.[5] Both Sizani and Dlakude were reappointed after the 2014 general election,[6] but Sizani resigned on 2 March 2016;[7] Dlakude subsequently acted as Chief Whip until Jackson Mthembu was appointed to the position three weeks later.[8]

During this period, Dlakude served on the ad hoc parliamentary committee established to respond to Nkandlagate. She defended President Jacob Zuma during the committee's debates,[9] but she and Kubayi also drew media attention in July 2016 for being photographed painting their nails during the committee's proceedings.[10] [11]

After the 2019 general election, Pemmy Majodina was appointed as Chief Whip and Dlakude stayed on as her deputy.[12] John Steenhuisen, the leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance, said that he thought the ANC "missed a trick in Doris Dlakude... who would have made an excellent chief whip".[13]

Personal life

She is married to Vusi Dlakude, who appeared in the Nkomazi Magistrate's Court on a perjury charge, accused of faking a hijacking, in January 2018.[14] [15] She owns a funeral parlour.[16]

References

  1. Web site: 2019 . National Assembly List . 30 July 2023 . Electoral Commission of South Africa.
  2. Web site: Dorries Eunice Dlakude . 2021-09-13 . People's Assembly . en.
  3. Web site: Ms Doris Eunice Dlakude . 30 July 2023 . Parliament of the Republic of South Africa.
  4. Web site: Members of the National Assembly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140209085913/http://www.pmg.org.za/node/30336 . 9 February 2014 . 2 March 2023 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
  5. Web site: 20 June 2013 . ANC names new National Assembly chief whip . 2023-07-30 . Business Day . en-ZA.
  6. Web site: 2014-05-20 . Mbete to replace Sisulu as National Assembly speaker . 2023-07-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  7. Web site: 2016-03-02 . ANC chief whip quits . 2023-07-30 . Daily Maverick . en.
  8. Web site: 2016-03-22 . Who is Jackson Mthembu? . 2023-07-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  9. Web site: 2016-02-11 . The heads that will roll: Zuma allies face an uncertain future . 2023-07-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  10. Web site: Mathope . Gosebo . 2017-08-10 . #TBT: Nkandla committee members paint nails during proceedings . 2023-07-30 . The Citizen . en.
  11. Web site: Makhanya . Mondli . 3 July 2016 . SA’s descent into amoral society . 2023-07-30 . City Press . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2019-05-21 . Ramaphosa promises balanced Cabinet that will ‘please all’ . 2023-07-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  13. Web site: 2019-05-23 . Majodina is ready to whip, dressed to kill . 2023-07-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  14. Web site: Nkosi . Tom . 11 January 2018 . ANC deputy chief whip's husband in court for allegedly faking a hijacking . 2023-07-30 . News24 . en-US.
  15. Web site: 2018-01-10 . ANC deputy chief whip's husband arrested for perjury . 2023-07-30 . Lowvelder . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2021-06-04 . Register of Declarations: SA MPs received gifts ranging from property to canned food . 2023-07-30 . SABC News . en-US.

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