Party: | Inkatha Freedom Party |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
Termstart1: | 9 May 1994 |
Termend1: | 1 August 2000 |
Citizenship: | South Africa |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1940 |
Otherparty: | National Party Solidarity |
Kisten Rajoo (born 4 February 1940)[1] is a South African politician and businessman. He represented the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2000, and before that he served in the apartheid-era House of Delegates.
During apartheid, Rajoo served in the House of Delegates, the Indian house of the Tricameral Parliament. He served variously as an independent, a member of Solidarity, and, for a period of weeks, a member of the National Party.[2] He also served a term as the Minister of Indian Education and Culture.[3]
Rajoo served two terms in an IFP seat in the National Assembly, gaining election in 1994[4] and 1999. He vacated his seat on 1 August 2000 and was replaced by Maxwell Sibiya.[5]
Somewhat controversially, he retained business interests in the casino sector even while serving as a member of Parliament's Ad Hoc Committee on Gambling and Lotteries Legislation.[6] He gave up his seat in the committee when required to do so by new legislation in 1996.[7] He later served in the Portfolio Committee on Minerals and Energy.