Refiloe Mothapo Explained

Refiloe Mothapo
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:7 December 2021
Predecessor1:Gumani Mukwevho
Constituency1:Limpopo
Term Start2:21 May 2014
Term End2:7 May 2019
Constituency2:Limpopo
Office3:Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services
Term Start3:9 October 2018
Term End3:7 May 2019
Predecessor3:Mathole Motshekga
Successor3:Gratitude Magwanishe
Birthname:Madipoane Refiloe Moremadi Mothapo
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress

Madipoane Refiloe Moremadi Mothapo is a South African politician who has served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the African National Congress since 2021. She had previously served as an African National Congress MP from 2014 to 2019.

Parliamentary career

In 2014, Mothapo was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa from the ANC's Limpopo list.[1] She was appointed to serve on the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services. On 8 March 2015, she became a member of the Constitutional Review Committee.[2]

On 17 May 2018, she was elected as an ANC Party Whip.[2] Mothapo became the whip of the ANC's Study Group on Justice and Correctional Services on 30 May 2018.[3] [4] Mothapo was elected to chair the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on 9 October 2018.[5] As chair of the Justice and Correctional Services portfolio committee, the portfolio committee rejected a request by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) to expedite procedures to remove Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane from office as a similar process was instituted by the DA in the North Gauteng High Court and the committee believed that it was premature to run a parallel process.[6]

Mothapo was 17th on the ANC's list of parliamentary candidates from Limpopo for the 2019 general election.[7] At the election, she lost her seat.[8]

Following the resignation of ANC MP Gumani Mukwevho, the ANC selected Mothapo to take up her seat in the assembly. She was sworn in on 7 December 2021.[9] As of February 2022, she serves on the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 elections: List of ANC MPs elected to the National Assembly - DOCUMENTS Politicsweb . 2022-03-29 . www.politicsweb.co.za . en.
  2. Web site: Madipoane Refiloe Moremadi Mothapo . 2022-03-29 . People's Assembly . en.
  3. Web site: Appointment of Chairpersons and Whips ANC Parliamentary Caucus . 2022-03-29 . ancparliament.org.za.
  4. Web site: ANC appoints new committee chairpersons and whips . 2022-03-29 . SowetanLIVE . en-ZA.
  5. Web site: Department of Correctional Services & JICS 2017/18 Annual Reports, with AGSA input and Deputy Ministers present PMG . 2022-03-29 . pmg.org.za . en.
  6. Web site: Parliament rejects proposal to remove Public Protector South African Government . 2022-03-29 . www.gov.za.
  7. Web site: ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections - DOCUMENTS Politicsweb . 2022-03-29 . www.politicsweb.co.za . en.
  8. Web site: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures . 2022-03-29 . News24 . en-US.
  9. Web site: 3 New ANC MP'S were sworn-in this afternoon, Tuesday 07th December 2021. They are; Mr Mike Basopu from EC, Ms Sindiswa Maneli FS and Ms Refiloe Mothapo from Limpopo.. 2022-03-29 . Twitter . en.

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