Sisisi Tolashe

Nokuzola Gladys Tolashe, also known as Sisisi "Sisi" Tolashe,[1][2] is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress. In March 2023, she was appointed as Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities.

Sisisi Tolashe
MP
Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Assumed office
7 March 2023
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byHlengiwe Mkhize
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
22 May 2019
In office
5 September 2016 – 25 February 2018
Preceded byRaesibe Eunice Nyalungu
Succeeded byDaniel Jabu Kabini

Political career

On 5 September 2016, Tolashe was sworn in as an ANC Member of Parliament in the National Assembly. She replaced Raesibe Eunice Nyalungu, who died.[3] During her first term in the National Assembly, she served on the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Portfolio Committee on Labour, the Portfolio Committee on Communications.[4] She resigned from the National Assembly on 25 February 2018 and Daniel Jabu Kabini took her seat.[5] On 26 February 2018, she was elected as the Executive Mayor of the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.[1]

Tolashe was elected back to the National Assembly in the 2019 general election from the ANC's Eastern Cape list.[6] She served on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry.[7] In 2020, she served as chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on the appointment of the Auditor-General.[8]

National government

During a cabinet reshuffle on 6 March 2023, Tolashe was appointed as Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities by president Cyril Ramaphosa.[9]

References
  1. "ANC Eastern Cape Welcomes the Election of Enoch Mgijima Executive Mayor | ANC Eastern Cape". Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  2. Makinana, Andisiwe (4 March 2020). "Confusion reigns over who will ensure that state debts to Eskom are paid". Sunday Times. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  3. "National Assembly Members" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. "Nokuzola Gladys Tolashe". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  5. "Minister Nomvula Mokonyane finally becomes an MP". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  6. "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  7. "Parties deploy heavyweights for Busisiwe Mkhwebane probe". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  8. "Parliament gets the ball rolling on finding SA's new auditor-general". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  9. "READ IN FULL | Ramaphosa's changes to the cabinet". The Mail & Guardian. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.