Mase Manopole Explained

Mase Manopole
Honorific-Suffix:MPL
Office1:Northern Cape MEC for Land Reform, Agriculture and Nature Conservation and Environmental Affairs
Premier1:Zamani Saul
Term Start1:26 June 2020
Predecessor1:Nomandla Bloem
Office2:Northern Cape MEC for Health
Premier2:Zamani Saul
Term Start2:29 May 2019
Term End2:26 June 2020
Predecessor2:Fufe Makatong
Successor2:Maruping Lekwene
Office3:Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature
Term Start3:10 October 2017
Office4:Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Term Start4:22 May 2014
Term End4:10 October 2017
Birthname:Galerekwe Mase Manopole
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress
Children:2
Alma Mater:University of the Western Cape
Profession:Politician
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Galerekwe Mase Manopole (born 1971) is a South African politician who has served as the Northern Cape MEC for Land Reform, Agriculture and Nature Conservation and Environmental Affairs since June 2020. She was the MEC for Health from May 2019 to June 2020. She joined the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature in October 2017. From May 2014 to October 2017, she was a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces, representing the Northern Cape. Manopole is a member of the African National Congress.

Early life and education

Manopole was born in 1971 as the fifth of six children.[1] Her mother worked as a teacher, while her father was an entrepreneur. She spent her childhood in Warrenton. After matriculating, she enrolled for a degree in marketing and management at the Central University of Technology. She could not finish the degree, as she had to help out at her father's business. She later fulfilled a higher certificate in economic development at the University of the Western Cape in 2007.

Politics

Manopole served on the provincial leadership of the Young Communist League of South Africa. She was also the provincial treasurer of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union and the chairperson of the provincial Congress of South African Trade Unions branch. After the 2014 general election, she was sworn in as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa. She was one of six permanent delegates of the Northern Cape.[2]

On 10 October 2017, Manopole was sworn in as a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature.[3]

Provincial government

Following the general election of 8 May 2019, Zamani Saul was elected premier. He appointed Manopole to the position of Member of the Executive Council for Health on 29 May 2019. She succeeded Fufe Makatong.[4]

On 26 June 2020, Saul appointed Manopole as MEC for Land Reform, Agriculture and Nature Conservation and Environmental Affairs. She took office on the same day and succeeded Nomandla Bloem. Maruping Lekwene succeeded her as MEC for Health.[5]

Following the 2024 provincial election, Manopole remained as MEC for Land Reform, Agriculture and Nature Conservation and Environmental Affairs in the executive council led by Saul.[6]

Personal life

Manopole married in 1996. She then moved to Kimberley. She divorced in 2007 and has two sons from the marriage.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Huisman . Biénne . Face to Face: Mase Manopole, Northern Cape MEC for Health . 17 September 2020 . Spotlight . 11 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200917122136/https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2020/02/11/face-to-face-mase-manopole-northern-cape-mec-for-health/ . 17 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Hansard: NCOP: Appointment of returning Officers; Election of Chairperson of National Council of Provinces . Parliamentary Monitoring Group . 17 September 2020.
  3. Web site: Ms Galerekwe Mase Manopole . People's Assembly . 17 September 2020.
  4. News: N Cape premier announces reduced executive council . 17 September 2020 . SABC News . 29 May 2019.
  5. News: Morapela . Katleho . NC Premier reshuffles cabinet . 17 September 2020 . OFM . 26 June 2020.
  6. Web site: Kemp . Charné . Priority issues discussed soon . 2024-07-07 . Netwerk24 . af-ZA.