Tsholofelo Motshidi-Bodlani | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa |
Term Start: | 17 March 2021 |
Predecessor: | Mike Waters |
Term Start1: | 18 March 2018 |
Term End1: | 7 May 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Brandon Topham |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | Democratic Alliance |
Occupation: | Member of Parliament |
Profession: | Politician |
Tsholofelo Katlego Motshidi-Bodlani is a South African politician from Gauteng. She is currently a member of the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance.
Motshidi-Bodlani had served as a Democratic Alliance councillor in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.[1] She stood for election to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in the 2014 election as 46th on the DA's list.[2] Due to the DA's electoral performance, she was not elected.[3]
On 18 March 2018, Motshidi-Bodlani entered the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, as a replacement for Brandon Topham, a DA MP who had resigned.[4] She was then named to the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology in October 2018.[5]
Prior to the 2019 general elections, Motshidi-Bodlani was placed 127th on the DA's National Assembly list, 40th on the DA's Gauteng list of National Assembly candidates, and 30th on the DA's list for the provincial legislature.[6] She was not elected to parliament or the provincial legislature.[7]
On 17 March 2021, Motshidi-Bodlani returned to the National Assembly as a replacement for Mike Waters.[8]