Matlhodi Maseko Explained

Matlhodi Maseko
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:25 June 2024
Office2:Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Term Start2:21 May 2014
Term End2:28 May 2024
Nationality:South African
Party:Democratic Alliance
Occupation:Politician
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Letta Matlhodi Maseko is a South African politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Democratic Alliance (DA) since 2024. Prior to her election to Parliament, she served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from 2014 to 2024.

Political career

Maseko is a member of the Democratic Alliance. She worked as a project coordinator in the housing department of the Cederberg Local Municipality until her appointment as a proportional representation councillor in 2012.[1]

In 2014, she was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.[2] She was then elected chairperson of the legislature's Standing Committee on Human Settlements. Maseko remained in the position following her re-election in 2019. During her second term in the provincial parliament, she also served as the DA's caucus chairperson.[3]

Maseko stood as a DA parliamentary candidate on the Western Cape regional list in the 2024 national elections and was subsequently elected to the National Assembly of South Africa. She was sworn in on 25 June 2024.[4] She is a member of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Gerber . Jan . Former Bitou mayor to chair Western Cape's Scopa . 19 October 2020 . News24 . 4 June 2019.
  2. News: 2014 elections: Members of Western Cape legislature . 25 October 2020 . Politicsweb.
  3. Web site: Goba . Nompilo . 2023-01-13 . Wendy Kaizer-Philander is new DA chief whip in Western Cape . 2024-08-09 . Sunday World . en-ZA.
  4. Web site: The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS Politicsweb . 2024-07-09 . www.politicsweb.co.za . en.
  5. Web site: Letta Matlhodi Maseko . 2024-08-09 . Parliament of South Africa.