Dibolelo Mahlatsi

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Dibolelo Mahlatsi
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 May 2019
ConstituencyFree State
Personal details
Born
Kathleen Dibolelo Mahlatsi[1]

(1984-06-12) 12 June 1984 (age 37)
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
EducationBrebner High School
Alma materCentral University of Technology
University of the Free State
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Kathleen Dibolelo Mahlatsi (born 12 June 1984) is a South African politician and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from the Free State. Mahlatsi is a member of the African National Congress.

Early life and background[]

Mahlatsi was born on 12 June 1984 in Bloemfontein. She attended Brebner High School before going on to study at the Central University of Technology and the University of the Free State. Before she was elected to parliament in 2019, Mahlatsi worked for the Free State Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport and the Free State Department of Social Development.

Political career[]

In December 2018, she was elected as the second deputy national secretary of the Young Communist League of South Africa.[2]

Parliament[]

In 2019, Mahlatsi stood for election to the South African National Assembly as 5th on the ANC's list of Free State National Assembly candidates.[3] The ANC dominated in the Free State, winning 8 out of the 11 list seats.[4] Mahlatsi was elected in the election and was sworn into office at the first sitting of the new National Assembly on 22 May 2019.[5]

On 27 June 2019, she was named to the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.[6] On 21 August 2019, she became a non-voting member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution.[7] Mahlatsi became a voting member on 10 February 2020.[7]

Mahlatsi supports land expropriation without compensation. During the debate on the 2020 State of the Nation Address on 18 February 2020, Mahlatsi said: "As the ANC, we are looking at land, not property ... Hon. Speaker, the poor must be given means of production in order to defeat poverty. Land must be used as economic asset."[8] In June 2020, she voted to re-establish the Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution after its term had expired. She said that the "land was stolen and must be returned" and that the ANC had considered the legal, economic and political implications of expropriation without compensation.[9]

In April 2021, Mahlatsi criticised the United Democratic Movement leader, Bantu Holomisa's call for the dissolution of the national government and the appointment of an interim one until the next general elections in 2024, calling it misinformed, misguided and opportunistic.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "National (incl Regional) seats assigned - Gazette" (PDF). www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ "National Leadership". Young Communist League of South Africa. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ "ANC Candidates List 2019 Elections". ANC 1912. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ "FREE STATE - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - 2019". IEC. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Announcements, tablings and committee reports" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Experience: Kathleen Dibolelo Mahlatsi". People's Assembly. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ "RUNDOWN l #SONADebate GBV claims, typical walkouts and disappointment at the president". News24. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  9. ^ Gerber, Jan (30 June 2020). "Expropriation: National Assembly re-establishes ad hoc committee to amend Section 25". News24. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  10. ^ Makinana, Andiswa (7 April 2021). "ANC MP slams 'autocratic' Holomisa's call for interim government". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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