Peter Moatshe Explained

Party:African National Congress
Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Termstart1:May 1994
Termend1:June 1999
Citizenship:South Africa
Birth Date:27 August 1940
Office:National Council of Provinces
Termstart:June 1999
Termend:May 2009
Constituency Am:North West

Peter Moatshe (born 27 August 1940)[1] is a retired South African politician and Christian minister. He represented the African National Congress in Parliament from 1994 to 2009. He was a member of the South African Council of Churches during apartheid.[2]

Legislative career

Moatshe was elected to the National Assembly in the 1994 general election, South Africa's first post-apartheid elections.[3] After a single term in the National Assembly, he was elected to the National Council of Provinces after the 1999 general election; he represented the North West Province and served two terms in his seat.[4] [5] During the third democratic Parliament, Moatshe chaired the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs, in which capacity he argued for accelerating land reform in South Africa.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 26 May 1999 . General Notice: Electoral Commission Notice 1113 of 1999 – Final List of Candidates . 9 May 2023 . . . 242 . Pretoria, South Africa.
  2. Book: Abel, Richard . Politics By Other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980-1994 . 2015-12-22 . Routledge . 978-1-136-65042-0 . 517 . en.
  3. Book: South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994 . . 1994 . 13 April 2023 . Yumpu.
  4. Web site: 23 September 1999 . Members of the National Council of Provinces . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19991012020635/http://parliament.gov.za/ncop/index.htm . 1999-10-12 . 2023-05-17 . Parliament of South Africa.
  5. Web site: 11 November 2008 . List of Members of the National Council of Provinces . 2023-05-17 . Parliament of South Africa.
  6. Web site: 2006-05-19 . People 'running out of patience' for land, says MP . 2023-06-16 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.