Shaun August

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Shaun August
MP
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Interim National Organiser of Good
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 January 2019
LeaderPatricia de Lille
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born
Shaun Nigel August

Lavender Hill, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Political partyGood (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Alliance (2010–2018)
Independent Democrats (2004–2014)
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Shaun Nigel August is a South African politician and former prison warden. He has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2019. He is a member of Good and the party's interim national organiser. He began his political career as a member of the Independent Democrats (ID). August was appointed as the party's deputy national organiser in 2006. August joined the Democratic Alliance (DA) when the ID merged with the party and served as the DA's chief whip in the City of Cape Town council from 2014 to 2018.

Early life[]

August was born in Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats, Cape Town.[1] He only fulfilled Grade 10 while at school. He found employment as a prison warden at the Pollsmoor Prison.[1]

Political career[]

He first met Patricia de Lille when she was on an official parliamentary oversight visit to the prison. When De Lille formed the Independent Democrats in 2003, August joined the party the next year. He became her bodyguard and travelled with her during the 2004 general election campaign. He was elected the party's deputy national organiser in 2006.[1]

August became a member of the Cape Town City Council for the ID in May 2009. The ID and Democratic Alliance announced their merger in 2010. He was part of the main discussions.[1] He held dual party membership and in the 2011 municipal elections, he was re-elected to the city council, this time as a member of the DA, as De Lille was elected the city's mayor. In May 2014, August was promoted to the position of chief whip of the council following the resignation of . He was re-elected in the 2016 municipal elections.[2] August was also the DA's metro chairperson from 2015 to 2017.[3]

After months of political infighting, De Lille announced her intention to resign as mayor in August 2018. August was seen as a potential mayoral candidate but ultimately chose not to run.[2] She delivered her final speech to council on 25 October. Following her address, August resigned from council and the DA in solidarity with De Lille.[4][5] She later announced her intention to form a new political party and established Good in December 2018.[6] On 20 January 2019, August was appointed as the interim national organiser of the party.[7]

Parliamentary career[]

At the 2019 general election, Good won two seats in the National Assembly. August alongside De Lille filled those seats on 22 May 2019. He was appointed chief whip of the party.[8]

Committee memberships[]

  • Member of the Disciplinary Committee
  • Alternate Member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises
  • Member of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development
  • Member of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
  • Member of the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
  • Member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Petersen, Tammy (4 November 2018). "From De Lille's bodyguard to chief whip - Shaun August on why he gave it up". News24. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Mtyala, Quinton (15 September 2017). "Shaun August's rise from prison warder to potential mayor". IOL. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. ^ "DA elects Grant Twigg as party's Cape Town metro leader". News24. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. ^ Sicetsha, Andile (25 October 2018). "DA Council meeting: Chief Whip Shaun August resigns in support of Patricia de Lille [video]". The South African. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. ^ "DA Cape Town chief whip Shaun August resigns in council in support of De Lille". News24. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  6. ^ Dlulane, Bonga (2 December 2018). "Patricia de Lille names her new party 'Good'". EWN. Johannesburg. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  7. ^ "De Lille's GOOD party constitutes interim national leadership". IOL. Cape Town. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  8. ^ Malefane, Moipone (10 May 2019). "Patricia De Lille good enough for parliament". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  9. ^ Maqhina, Mayibongwe (23 June 2021). "Busisiwe Mkhwebane impeachment committee reconstituted". IOL. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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