Shadrack Tlhaole Explained

Shadrack Tlhaole
Honorific-Suffix:MPL
Office:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start:1 February 2017
Term End:31 October 2017
Office1:Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature
Term Start1:14 November 2017
Birthname:Shadrack Lapologang Tlhaole
Nationality:South African
Party:Economic Freedom Fighters
Occupation:Member of the Provincial Legislature
Profession:Politician

Shadrack Lapologang Tlhaole is a South African politician and a party member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

He is the provincial chairperson of the EFF and currently a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature for the party, after having taken office in November 2017. He formerly served as the provincial secretary of the party.[1] Tlhaole was previously the provincial chair of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He left the ANC in 2016 and subsequently became a member of the EFF. Tlhaole became an MP for the EFF in February 2017 and served as one until his deployment to the legislature in October 2017.[2] In November 2010, Tlhaole was named the Sunday Times' "Mampara of the week".[3]

In October 2022, Tlhaole was elected provincial chairperson of the EFF.[4] He succeeded former chairperson Aubrey Baartman as the party's leader in the legislature following Baartman's resignation.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kwon Hoo . Sandi . ANC defector returns as EFF MPL . 29 March 2020 . DFA . 16 October 2017.
  2. News: Kwon Hoo . Sandi . EFF MPs 'instructed to resign' . 29 March 2020 . DFA . 27 October 2017.
  3. News: Mampara of the week: Shadrack Tlhaole . 29 March 2020 . Sunday Times . 14 November 2010.
  4. Web site: Sithole . Siyabonga . 2022-10-03 . EFF elects its top five in NC, leaders urged to take fight to mines and banks . 2022-11-22 . DFA . en-ZA.