Neo Masithela Explained

Party:African National Congress
Office1:Member of the Free State Executive Council for Tourism, Environment and Economic Affairs
Termstart1:May 2005
Termend1:October 2008
Citizenship:South Africa
Birth Date:20 March 1966
Birth Name:Neo Harrison Masithela
Office2:Member of the National Assembly
Office:Member of the Free State Executive Council for Agriculture
Termstart2:June 1999
Termend2:18 May 2005
Termend:May 2009
Termstart:October 2008
Premier:Beatrice Marshoff
Premier1:Beatrice Marshoff
Predecessor:Mamiki Qabathe
Successor:Mamiki Qabathe
Predecessor1:Benny Malakoane
Successor1:Mxolisi Dukwana

Neo Harrison Masithela (born 20 March 1966)[1] is a South African politician and businessman who served in the Executive Council of the Free State from 2005 to 2009. Before that, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2005. As of 2022, he was the chairperson of the African Farmers Association of South Africa.[2]

Legislative career: 1999–2009

Masithela was elected to the National Assembly in the 1999 general election. He stood as a candidate on the ANC's national party list in his capacity as a member of the executive of the ANC Youth League's North West branch.[3] In the next general election in 2004, he was re-elected to a second term, on that occasion as a member of the ANC's Free State caucus.[4]

On 18 May 2005,[5] Masithela resigned from his seat in order to join the Free State Provincial Legislature, where he was appointed by Premier Beatrice Marshoff as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Tourism, Environment and Economic Affairs; he succeeded Benny Malakoane, whom Marshoff had sacked in April.[6] He remained in that portfolio until October 2008, when, in a reshuffle, he was moved to replace Mamiki Qabathe as MEC for Agriculture.[7] He left the provincial legislature and Executive Council after the 2009 general election.

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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. Web site: 2019-11-02 . SA drought should be declared a national disaster – Afasa . 2023-05-20 . SABC News . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2000-06-15 . Government backs concept of youth . 2023-05-20 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  4. 20 April 2004 . General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 466 . 2677 . 4–95 . 26 March 2021.
  5. Web site: 2009-01-15 . National Assembly Members . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514071402/http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 . 14 May 2009 . 2023-04-08 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
  6. Web site: 2005-04-20 . Free State premier demotes another minister . 2023-05-20 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  7. Web site: 23 October 2008 . FS reshuffles cabinet . 2023-01-03 . News24 . en-US.