Jerry Maseko Explained

Office:Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Sports, Arts and Culture
Term Start:20 June 2024
Predecessor:Nakedi Sibanda-Kekana
Office2:Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Termstart2:22 May 2019
Honorific Suffix:MPL
Party:African National Congress
Citizenship:South Africa
Birth Date:21 July 1966

Funani Jerry Maseko (born 21 July 1966) is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2019. He was elected to his seat in the 2019 general election, ranked 11th on the ANC's party list.[1]

Maseko was born on 21 July 1966.[2] He was active in anti-apartheid student politics while training as a teacher in the 1980s, and in the 1990s he ascended the local and regional ranks of the ANC Youth League in the province. He represented the ANC as a local councillor in Limpopo from 1995 to 2011, first in the Eastern TubatseOhrigstad transitional council from 1995 to 2000 and then in the Sekhukhune District Municipality in 2000 to 2011, ultimately serving as a Member of the Mayoral Committee[3] and Chief Whip in Sekhukhune.

He was also active in the Sekhukhune regional branch of the ANC, and he was elected as its Regional Secretary in 2014 and re-elected in 2017.[4] In 2020, he was widely expected to challenge the incumbent, Stanley Ramaila, for the chairmanship of the regional party,[5] [6] but when the next regional elective conference was held in December 2021 he did not stand and he was succeeded as Regional Secretary by Tala Mathope.[7]

Following his re-election to the Provincial Legislature in the 2024 general election, Maseko was appointed to the Limpopo Executive Council with the responsibility for the Arts, Sports and Culture portfolio.[8]

References

  1. Web site: Funani Jerry Maseko . 2023-01-24 . People's Assembly . en.
  2. Web site: Kgolane . Koriney . 2020-03-10 . Maseko flexes his muscles for top post . 2023-01-24 . Sunday World . en-ZA.
  3. Web site: 20 July 2007 . Mayor reshuffles committee . 2023-01-24 . Sowetan . en-ZA.
  4. Web site: 2017-06-28 . Second blow for Dlamini-Zuma . 2023-01-24 . Polokwane Observer . en-US.
  5. Web site: Matlala . Alex Japho . 2020-03-10 . ANC bigwigs vie for tasty regional chair post in Limpopo . 2023-01-24 . The Citizen . en.
  6. Web site: Yende . Sizwe Sama . 12 February 2020 . ‘Mr Ma-Millions’ cracks the whip over missing millions in Limpopo . 2023-01-24 . City Press . en-US.
  7. Web site: Motseo . Thapelo . 20 December 2021 . ANC Sekhukhune Regional Conference a success . 2023-01-24 . Sekhukhune Times . en-US.
  8. Web site: Ramathuba shakes up Limpopo provincial cabinet . 2024-07-03 . Jacaranda FM.