Kisten Rajoo Explained

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.

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]

National Assembly

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.

Notes and References

  1. 11 June 1999 . General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 408 . 20203 . 26 March 2021.
  2. Griffin . Sharon F. . 1996 . Four Indian Views of KwaZulu-Natal . ICWA Letters . 14 . 2.
  3. Web site: 10 November 2019 . Indians inspired education . 2023-05-15 . Sunday Tribune . PressReader.
  4. Book: South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994 . . 1994 . 13 April 2023 . Yumpu.
  5. Web site: 2002-06-02 . The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020602095739/http://parliament.gov.za/na/resign.htm . 2 June 2002 . 2023-04-02 . Parliament of South Africa.
  6. Web site: 1997-08-22 . Diamond giant fends off child labour . 2023-05-15 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  7. Web site: 1997-02-07 . Charges fly in KwaZulu gambling war . 2023-05-15 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.