Tshepiso Ramphele Explained

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Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Termstart1:23 April 2004
Termend1:1 October 2006
Citizenship:South Africa

Tshepiso David Humphrey Ramphele is a South African attorney and politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2006. He later left the ANC for Agang SA and in the 2014 general election was Agang's top-ranked candidate for election to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature.[1]

Ramphele is a lawyer by profession and was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1992. He has a BJuris from the University of the North and an LLB from Witswatersrand University.[2] He was elected to represent the ANC in the National Assembly in the 2004 general election but resigned with effect from 1 October 2006; his seat was filled by Tshoganetso Gasebonwe.[3] Afterwards he worked as municipal manager at Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province from 2006 to 2009. In 2016, he was shortlisted for appointment to the office of the Public Protector.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tshepiso David Humphrey Ramphele . 2023-04-09 . People's Assembly . en.
  2. News: Corruption Watch . 8 July 2016 . Public submission to Parliament regarding nominated and applied candidates . University of Cape Town.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: 2016-06-28 . Full list of public protector nominees released . 2023-04-09 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.