Stone Sizani Explained

Stone Sizani
Term Start1:22 April 2009
Term End1:2 March 2016
Office:Chief Whip of the Majority Party
Term Start:2013
Term End:2 March 2016
President:Jacob Zuma
Predecessor:Mathole Motshekga
Successor:Jackson Mthembu
Birth Date:1954 3, df=yes
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress
Alma Mater:University of East Anglia

Phumelele Stone Sizani (born 2 March 1954) is a South African politician who was, until his resignation on 2 March 2016, a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa and the African National Congress Chief Whip.[1] It has been reported that upon leaving Parliament his next post will be South African Ambassador to Germany.[2]

Early life

At the age of 18 he was arrested and sent to Robben Island as a political prisoner, where he remained incarcerated from 1978 to 1980.[3] He graduated with an MA in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia in 1995, where he was a Chevening Scholar.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Phumelele Sizani. African National Congress. 13 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140107200305/http://www.anc.org.za/caucus/get_mp.php?q=519. 7 January 2014.
  2. Web site: ANC chief whip to become SA ambassador to Germany. The Times (South Africa). 12 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Can Stone Sizani restore discipline within the ANC?. Lund. Troye. 5 December 2013. 2 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Directory of Chevening Alumni. Chevening UK Government Scholarships. 24 August 2014.