Tyotyo James Explained

Tyotyo James
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation
Term Start1:2 July 2019
Term End1:14 October 2023
Predecessor1:Joe Maswanganyi
Office2:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start2:22 May 2019
Term End2:14 October 2023
Birthname:Tyotyo Hubert James
Birth Date:1958
Party:African National Congress
Profession:Politician

Tyotyo Hubert James (born 1958) is a South African politician and trade union leader who was the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation and a Member of the National Assembly for the African National Congress (ANC) from 2018 until 2023. He had previously served as the first deputy president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).

Political career

As a trade union leader, he was involved with the National Union of Mineworkers in the Free State province.[1] He is a former board member of the Immigration Advisory Board and a former board member of TransCaledon Tunnel Authority. James served as the first deputy president of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) until 2018.[2] James supported Cyril Ramaphosa's candidacy for ANC president in 2017.[3] [4] Ramaphosa was elected at the ANC's elective conference in December 2017 and became president of South Africa in February 2018.

James was elected to the National Assembly in the 2019 parliamentary elections as a member of the African National Congress.[5] He was then elected as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation.[6] [7]

James lost his parliamentary membership in accordance to section 47(3)(b) of the Constitution on 14 October 2023.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tyotyo Hubert James. 2021-09-14. People's Assembly. en.
  2. Web site: 2018-09-18. Zingiswa Losi elected Cosatu's first woman president. 2021-09-14. The Mail & Guardian. en-ZA.
  3. Web site: 'We want Cyril Ramaphosa as the next ANC president': Cosatu. 2021-09-14. SowetanLIVE. en-ZA.
  4. Web site: Correspondent. Tom Inkosi, News24. He will not steal government money - Cosatu on Ramaphosa. 2021-09-14. News24. en-US.
  5. Web site: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures. 2021-09-14. News24. en-US.
  6. Web site: ANC releases list of portfolio committee chair nominees. 2021-09-14. SowetanLIVE. en-ZA.
  7. Web site: Election of Chairperson PMG. 2021-09-14. pmg.org.za. en.
  8. Web site: 20 October 2023 . National Assembly Members . 22 October 2023 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.

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