961:. The bill would reduce the powers of school governing bodies in determining schools' language and admission policies, insofar as those policies would have to be approved by the provincial government, including on criteria related to equity and "effective use" of school resources. Opposition groups, including the DA, opposed the bill as an unjustifiable intrusion of the state into the remit of governing bodies. Afriforum claimed that Lesufi intended to use the legislation to eliminate all Afrikaans-speaking schools and make them multilingual. Lesufi pointed out that the bill proposed a national law, based on the policy of the national government, and did not emanate from his department.
740:, this time ranked second on the ANC's party list. In May, in a post-election cabinet reshuffle, Makhura appointed Lesufi as MEC for Finance and e-Government. A day after the new MECs were sworn in, however, Makhura reinstated Lesufi as MEC for Education and Youth Development, saying that he was responding to public calls – "from society, the education sector and the movement in general" – to keep Lesufi for a second term in the education portfolio, where he was popular. Basic Education Minister Motshekga had also expressed her view that it would be "a big mistake" to move Lesufi from the education portfolio.
2499:
2378:
38:
1002:, which also claimed that the deep cleaning programme was not required by government guidelines and had partly been carried out by companies which appeared to have little experience in cleaning. Lesufi said that he had not been aware of the deep cleaning programme and would seek to hold accountable the department employees who had been responsible for signing the relevant contracts.
881:
was conducting a study of "underutilised" schools in the province with an eye to ameliorating school overcrowding. The study proposed that public schools should be obliged to reconfigure their admissions policies to prioritise access to education over their own language policies and other internal
882:
admissions criteria. Lesufi argued that many single-medium schools, especially
Afrikaans-medium schools, did not have full classes but would not admit pupils who did not speak Afrikaans, while English-medium schools were overcrowded. He also linked his policy to the principle of
949:
children. The
Freedom Front additionally argued that Afrikaans-medium schools were marginal to the issue of access to education, since only 6% of public schools were Afrikaans-speaking; instead, it proposed that the overcrowding problem was caused by Lesufi's "incompetence".
996:, the Gauteng Department of Education under Lesufi's stewardship allegedly spent more than R431-million on sanitising or "decontaminating" public schools between June and August 2020. This claim was first reported in 2021 by the
809:
Makhura served only one term as ANC Provincial
Chairperson and did not stand for re-election in 2022. Lesufi entered the contest to succeed him, again opposing Lebogang Maile. On 27 June 2022, at the provincial conference in
2147:
838:
763:. After serving three terms as Tembisa branch secretary, he spent eight years as deputy regional secretary of the ANC's branch in the Kyalami region and then became the inaugural deputy regional secretary of its
801:, who was reportedly Makhura's favourite deputy; Tau withdrew from the deputy chair race and was instead elected Provincial Treasurer, apparently on the basis of an agreement with Lesufi's supporters.
463:
between May 2014 and
October 2022, with the exception of a two-day stint as MEC for Finance in May 2019. Simultaneously, he was acting MEC for Social Development between November 2019 and June 2020.
913:, which demanded the right of schools to determine their own language policies and to preserve Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. In January 2018, Hoërskool Overvaal, an Afrikaans high school in
925:
ruled in the school's favour, agreeing that it was unreasonable to expect the school to make provision for
English instruction on such short notice. The department appealed the ruling in the
1992:
1096:
954:
593:
of the 1980s and early 1990s, he was active in UDF-aligned community Self-Defence Units. Lesufi was detained twice for his activism, in 1989 at
Modderbee Prison for defying the prevailing
837:
On 4 October 2022, Makhura announced his resignation as
Premier; some groups within the Gauteng ANC had called for him to resign so that Lesufi could take his position and avoid creating
95:
768:
495:
1729:
604:(ANC) was unbanned by the apartheid government in 1990, he helped rebuild its internal structures in the Transvaal, becoming secretary of his local ANC branch in Tembisa.
2121:
1628:
1420:
1315:
2172:
902:
784:
3035:
1446:
1602:
772:
538:. He was given the nickname "Panyaza" because of his love of football. He attended Tlamatlama Lower Primary School and Tshepisa Higher Primary School and he
2036:
2092:
1840:
2796:
921:
argued that the school was already full and that it could not afford to hire
English-speaking teachers for the benefit of a small group of students. The
917:, took the Gauteng Department of Education to court after the department placed 55 English-speaking children at the school for the 2018 school year. The
2896:
1653:
2931:
1263:
573:(COSAS), the South African Student Congress, and the Tembisa Student Congress. He also managed outreach at the Tembisa Careers Centre and worked in
2870:
2851:
3025:
2886:
3030:
1781:
938:
reported that the
Gauteng Department of Education, under Lesufi, had converted 119 Afrikaans- or dual-medium schools to English-medium schools.
2901:
2891:
2821:
2349:
787:
of the ANC in
Gauteng; the conference also elected Makhura as Provincial Chairperson. Lesufi won the position narrowly, beating another MEC,
638:
2881:
764:
622:
475:
1523:
1549:
686:
that he had declined because of his loyalty to Motshekga. In July 2011, he was appointed head of communications and spokesperson in the
1289:
1067:
2262:
2148:"Gauteng Department of Education spent R431-million in three months on unnecessary 'deep cleaning' and 'decontamination' of schools"
1575:
1934:
1904:
1394:
814:, Lesufi was elected Provincial Chairperson of the Gauteng ANC, receiving 575 votes to Maile's 543. His running mate, finance MEC
1368:
1155:
3010:
2530:
841:
in the Gauteng ANC. On 6 October, the ANC-controlled Gauteng provincial legislature elected Lesufi to succeed Makhura. He beat
582:
1683:
934:
2066:
2539:
1959:
926:
711:
646:
3020:
1207:
1040:
737:
707:
665:
578:
558:
1869:
852:
Lesufi was again elected as the premier of Gauteng on 14 June 2024 following a negotiated Government of National Unity.
2961:
2746:
846:
570:
771:
of the ANC in Gauteng. At the ANC's next provincial conference in 2010, Lesufi ran unsuccessfully for the position of
2342:
1471:
993:
958:
650:
542:
from Boitumelong Senior Secondary School in Tembisa, where he became involved in student politics. He studied at the
499:
456:
1497:
2010:
878:
723:
1703:
2543:
985:
as "fraudulent". Lesufi's spokesperson denied that his remarks about the pills, which circulated in a video on
715:
634:
487:
332:
28:
1810:
2255:
891:
873:
public schools into English-medium or dual-medium schools, and became an issue as early as 2015, when it was
822:
694:
named him Media Liaison Officer of the Year 2012. In late March 2014, he was appointed for a month as acting
687:
574:
503:
483:
460:
416:
775:, coming third in an election in which he won 197 votes against Pule Mlambo's 200 and David Makhura's 485.
3015:
2470:
2335:
982:
970:
887:
743:
From November 2019 to June 2020, Lesufi served simultaneously as acting MEC for Social Development, until
2479:
2395:
673:
1755:
2920:
2523:
2062:
1993:"Afrikaans schools – Lesufi accidentally gives away the actual purpose of the planned BELA legislation"
479:
1341:
680:; he said he had declined due to his "other commitments in national government", and sources told the
2861:
2551:
2404:
2363:
895:
601:
491:
404:
890:
right to education, claiming that Afrikaans-medium schools used language as a pretext for excluding
2731:
2428:
2248:
586:
1126:
1181:
748:
551:
266:
2508:
2327:
3000:
2726:
2666:
2408:
2359:
815:
128:
2498:
2941:
2686:
2516:
2461:
2446:
918:
870:
618:
471:
285:
235:
145:
1097:"Baptism by fire: Panyaza Lesufi takes Gauteng reins amid water crisis, soaring crime rates"
3005:
2811:
658:
2806:
8:
2950:
2876:
2831:
2691:
2601:
922:
826:
744:
543:
428:
278:
1679:
2911:
2736:
2616:
2611:
2596:
2437:
2413:
2271:
2225:
1988:
910:
865:
While Lesufi was MEC for Education, opposition parties accused him of waging a "war on
793:
727:
594:
590:
547:
519:
452:
53:
945:
against Afrikaans schools, which it said provided a particularly important service to
2776:
2696:
2671:
2306:
2291:
2122:"Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi slammed for peddling fake Covid-19 cure online"
894:
students and thereby retarded equity and post-apartheid transformation in the public
630:
566:
515:
390:
2037:"ConCourt dismisses Gauteng education department's appeal in Overvaal language case"
451:(born 4 September 1968) is a South African politician who was appointed the seventh
2791:
2761:
2716:
2711:
2656:
2646:
2626:
2441:
2296:
695:
953:
The debate was reignited in 2022 when the national government published the draft
2926:
2846:
2841:
2676:
2636:
2566:
974:
811:
669:
535:
186:
2755:
2721:
2701:
2661:
2651:
2641:
2621:
2591:
2571:
2399:
2301:
1421:"'It's an honour', says Lesufi after being named acting social development MEC"
998:
942:
842:
788:
654:
217:
37:
2994:
2801:
2786:
2771:
2631:
2606:
2586:
2576:
2465:
2450:
2311:
2286:
2218:
2201:
1629:"'Unity' top five emerges at ANC Gauteng conference as Lesufi takes top post"
1238:
883:
730:
642:
539:
88:
676:. In July 2009, he was offered, but turned down, the position of Ekurhuleni
2969:
2836:
2781:
2581:
2367:
677:
626:
394:
1841:"An attack on Afrikaans? AfriForum takes on Lesufi over new language bill"
2681:
2474:
2432:
2093:"Zille challenges Lesufi to public debate on new education language bill"
914:
682:
2173:"Lesufi 'shocked' over R431m dodgy spending to sanitise Gauteng schools"
1680:"Panyaza Lesufi on Twitter: "I am a full member of the Communist Party…"
929:, which dismissed it on the grounds that it had no prospect of success.
759:
During the same period, Lesufi ascended through the ranks of the ANC in
2816:
2766:
2483:
2377:
791:, by only 22 votes, earning 623 votes to Maile's 601. According to the
719:
691:
423:
2240:
1654:"Panyaza Lesufi wins Gauteng ANC post, Lebogang Maile offers congrats"
1068:"Panyaza Lesufi: Gauteng education MEC, soccer fanatic, Ngud' groover"
577:
and community organisations, such as the Community Policing Forum and
2706:
1935:"Lesufi lashes out at critics of Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill"
1447:"Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi appointed new Gauteng social development MEC"
946:
906:
874:
866:
798:
617:
After the end of apartheid in 1994, Lesufi held several positions in
531:
467:
341:
104:
62:
1730:"Gauteng Premier David Makhura resigns, Panyaza Lesufi next in line"
2826:
986:
978:
1316:"Panyaza Lesufi back as Gauteng education MEC after public demand"
2538:
2357:
2275:
760:
527:
523:
1041:"Who is Panyaza Lesufi? A profile of the new Premier of Gauteng"
783:
Eight years later, however, in June 2018, he was elected Deputy
506:
and as well as a member of ANC's National Executive Committee.
1576:"Lesufi elected to ANC Gauteng's second most powerful position"
562:
1905:"Lesufi: Afrikaans schools use language to create 'enclaves'"
1264:"Panyaza Lesufi new finance MEC as Gauteng cabinet announced"
869:". This stemmed from Lesufi's policy of converting Afrikaans-
470:
and education activist, Lesufi began his political career in
1524:"Lesufi emerges victorious as deputy chairperson in Gauteng"
557:
While an undergraduate, Lesufi was elected president of the
989:, had been intended as a public or commercial endorsement.
698:
in the department, again working under Minister Motshekga.
2067:"Lesufi's attack on Afrikaans schools based on falsehoods"
1369:"Panyaza Lesufi back in education: The people have spoken"
1156:"Lesufi acting education DG after Soobrayan 'redeployed'"
530:
after they were forcibly removed from Edenvale under the
1208:"Panyaza Lesufi named Media Liaison Officer of the Year"
1182:"New spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education"
1960:"FFPlus, AfriForum: Lesufi 'targets' Afrikaans schools"
1550:"Panyaza Lesufi wins Gauteng ANC deputy chair position"
903:
Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools
96:
Chairperson of the African National Congress in Gauteng
1290:"Panyaza Lesufi back as MEC for education in Gauteng"
637:. He served on a task team appointed by the national
621:
under the new government formed by the ANC. When the
726:(MEC) for Education in the provincial government of
1395:"Panyaza Lesufi: Smiling his way back to education"
2011:"Battle lines drawn for Gauteng Afrikaans schools"
1811:"It is a 'war on Afrikaans education' in Gauteng"
2992:
981:; the remedy had been described by the American
797:, he secured the position by collaborating with
701:
612:
597:regulations, and in 1995 at Durban City Prison.
569:-aligned students' organisations, including the
1756:"David Makhura to step down as Gauteng premier"
1472:"Mashatile retains position as ANC chairperson"
486:from 2009 to 2014. He was first elected to the
1870:"Lesufi 'waging war on Afrikaans' – Afriforum"
1603:"More leadership headaches for ANC in Gauteng"
514:Andrek Lesufi was born on 4 September 1968 in
3036:Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
2524:
2343:
2256:
668:, he became an advisor to Gauteng politician
821:As of 2021, Lesufi was also a member of the
736:He was re-elected to the legislature in the
672:, who was newly appointed as the inaugural
2531:
2517:
2350:
2336:
2263:
2249:
1704:"Lesufi's revenge for his Overvaal defeat"
860:
845:, the provincial leader of the opposition
754:
657:, in connection with the establishment of
625:was established in 2000, he was appointed
607:
509:
36:
1498:"Panyaza Lesufi: My future is in the ANC"
502:in June 2022. He is also a member of the
498:since 2007; he was appointed the party's
1932:
1782:"Panyaza Lesufi elected Gauteng premier"
1065:
957:, which it intended to introduce in the
286:Gauteng MEC for Finance and e-Government
2270:
2145:
2061:
1987:
1808:
1701:
1626:
1418:
1392:
1094:
825:(SACP), the ANC's close partner in the
767:branch. In 2007, he was elected to the
649:, launched in 2005, and worked for the
248:5 November 2019 – 19 June 2020
3026:South African anti-apartheid activists
2993:
1983:
1981:
1928:
1926:
1899:
1897:
1895:
1893:
1891:
1779:
1444:
1419:Jordaan, Nomahlubi (5 November 2019).
849:(DA), with 38 votes to Msimanga's 22.
633:. He was later a spokesperson for the
3031:African National Congress politicians
2512:
2331:
2244:
2119:
2115:
2113:
2090:
1864:
1862:
1835:
1833:
1831:
1804:
1802:
1753:
1727:
1697:
1695:
1693:
1600:
1366:
1035:
832:
778:
158:31 May 2019 – 6 October 2022
1686:from the original on 1 January 2021.
1233:
1231:
1229:
1212:South African Government News Agency
1150:
1148:
1121:
1119:
1117:
1090:
1088:
1033:
1031:
1029:
1027:
1025:
1023:
1021:
1019:
1017:
1015:
647:South African Social Security Agency
623:Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
494:(ANC) and has served on its Gauteng
1978:
1933:Sefularo, Masechaba (31 May 2022).
1923:
1888:
1095:Khumalo, Juniour (6 October 2022).
955:Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill
901:Lesufi's policy was opposed by the
579:National Education Crisis Committee
565:campus. He was a member of various
455:in October 2022. He was previously
13:
2962:African Christian Democratic Party
2110:
1859:
1828:
1809:Keppler, Virginia (6 March 2018).
1799:
1780:Lekabe, Thapelo (6 October 2022).
1690:
941:Afriforum claimed that Lesufi was
747:was appointed to replace the late
571:Congress of South African Students
298:30 May 2019 – 31 May 2019
236:Gauteng MEC for Social Development
199:23 May 2014 – 29 May 2019
14:
3047:
2195:
2146:Heywood, Mark (25 January 2021).
1728:Ndaba, Baldwin (5 October 2022).
1702:Jeffery, Anthea (21 April 2022).
1226:
1145:
1114:
1085:
1012:
585:(UDF) and later were part of the
476:government of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng
2497:
2376:
1754:Madia, Tshidi (4 October 2022).
1627:Mahlati, Zintle (27 June 2022).
1393:Khumalo, Juniour (2 June 2019).
1066:Taunyane, Omogolo (6 May 2019).
855:
2165:
2139:
2084:
2055:
2029:
2003:
1952:
1773:
1747:
1721:
1672:
1646:
1620:
1594:
1568:
1542:
1516:
1490:
1464:
1445:Tandwa, Lizeka (19 June 2020).
1438:
1412:
1386:
1360:
1334:
1308:
1282:
879:Gauteng Department of Education
724:Member of the Executive Council
490:in 2014. He is a member of the
457:Member of the Executive Council
2544:Gauteng Provincial Legislature
2120:Davis, Rebecca (7 July 2021).
2091:Felix, Jason (3 August 2022).
1601:Ndaba, Baldwin (7 June 2022).
1342:"Lesufi back as education MEC"
1256:
1200:
1174:
1059:
804:
769:Provincial Executive Committee
716:Gauteng Provincial Legislature
639:Minister of Social Development
635:National Prosecuting Authority
559:student representative council
518:, then part of South Africa's
496:Provincial Executive Committee
488:Gauteng Provincial Legislature
333:Gauteng Provincial Legislature
1:
3011:People from Edenvale, Gauteng
1045:Office of the Gauteng Premier
1005:
977:capsules, as a treatment for
823:South African Communist Party
818:, was elected as his deputy.
702:Gauteng provincial government
688:Department of Basic Education
613:Local and national government
561:at the University of Natal's
504:South African Communist Party
484:Department of Basic Education
461:Gauteng provincial government
417:South African Communist Party
983:Food and Drug Administration
718:, ranked tenth on the ANC's
581:, which were aligned to the
7:
1367:Krige, Nick (31 May 2019).
969:In 2021, Lesufi endorsed a
964:
674:Minister of Basic Education
459:(MEC) for Education in the
10:
3052:
3021:University of Natal alumni
710:, Lesufi was elected as a
526:. His family relocated to
474:and communications in the
2978:
2960:
2940:
2910:
2862:Economic Freedom Fighters
2860:
2745:
2552:African National Congress
2550:
2495:
2383:
2374:
2282:
2232:
2223:
2215:
2210:
602:African National Congress
492:African National Congress
482:, where he worked in the
442:
434:
422:
410:
405:African National Congress
400:
370:
365:
361:
349:
338:
330:
320:
310:
302:
291:
284:
272:
260:
252:
241:
233:
223:
211:
203:
192:
180:
170:
162:
151:
146:Gauteng MEC for Education
144:
134:
124:
112:
101:
94:
82:
70:
59:
51:
47:
35:
23:
1186:South African Government
629:to its inaugural mayor,
587:Mass Democratic Movement
16:South African politician
1580:The Mail & Guardian
1476:The Mail & Guardian
1160:The Mail & Guardian
861:Language of instruction
755:Rise in the Gauteng ANC
749:Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe
608:Early government career
583:United Democratic Front
552:business administration
510:Early life and activism
449:Andrek "Panyaza" Lesufi
267:Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe
2409:Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae
839:"two centres of power"
816:Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko
785:Provincial Chairperson
500:Provincial Chairperson
326:Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko
229:Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko
176:Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko
129:Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko
2942:Inkatha Freedom Party
2230:2022 – Present
2065:(29 September 2020).
919:school governing body
738:2019 general election
708:2014 general election
666:2009 general election
619:public administration
546:and later obtained a
472:public administration
2204:at People's Assembly
927:Constitutional Court
773:Provincial Secretary
3016:People from Tembisa
2747:Democratic Alliance
971:traditional Chinese
923:Pretoria High Court
847:Democratic Alliance
827:Tripartite Alliance
794:Mail & Guardian
745:Nomathemba Mokgethi
645:, to establish the
544:University of Natal
480:national government
429:University of Natal
279:Nomathemba Mokgethi
2912:Freedom Front Plus
2389:
2226:Premier of Gauteng
2211:Political offices
1997:South Africa Today
1682:. 1 January 2021.
1127:"Battle for power"
932:Also in 2018, the
911:Freedom Front Plus
833:Premier of Gauteng
779:Deputy Chairperson
651:Minister of Police
595:state of emergency
591:political violence
520:Transvaal Province
453:Premier of Gauteng
54:Premier of Gauteng
2988:
2987:
2980:Party leaders in
2506:
2505:
2492:
2491:
2325:
2324:
2239:
2238:
2179:. 26 January 2021
1373:The South African
1243:People's Assembly
1047:. 10 October 2022
994:COVID-19 pandemic
959:National Assembly
678:municipal manager
631:Bavumile Vilakazi
446:
445:
3043:
2732:Phaladi-Digamela
2533:
2526:
2519:
2510:
2509:
2501:
2442:Phophi Ramathuba
2386:
2385:
2380:
2352:
2345:
2338:
2329:
2328:
2265:
2258:
2251:
2242:
2241:
2216:Preceded by
2208:
2207:
2189:
2188:
2186:
2184:
2169:
2163:
2162:
2160:
2158:
2143:
2137:
2136:
2134:
2132:
2117:
2108:
2107:
2105:
2103:
2088:
2082:
2081:
2079:
2077:
2059:
2053:
2052:
2050:
2048:
2033:
2027:
2026:
2024:
2022:
2007:
2001:
2000:
1991:(22 June 2022).
1985:
1976:
1975:
1973:
1971:
1956:
1950:
1949:
1947:
1945:
1930:
1921:
1920:
1918:
1916:
1901:
1886:
1885:
1883:
1881:
1866:
1857:
1856:
1854:
1852:
1837:
1826:
1825:
1823:
1821:
1806:
1797:
1796:
1794:
1792:
1777:
1771:
1770:
1768:
1766:
1751:
1745:
1744:
1742:
1740:
1725:
1719:
1718:
1716:
1714:
1699:
1688:
1687:
1676:
1670:
1669:
1667:
1665:
1650:
1644:
1643:
1641:
1639:
1624:
1618:
1617:
1615:
1613:
1598:
1592:
1591:
1589:
1587:
1572:
1566:
1565:
1563:
1561:
1546:
1540:
1539:
1537:
1535:
1520:
1514:
1513:
1511:
1509:
1494:
1488:
1487:
1485:
1483:
1468:
1462:
1461:
1459:
1457:
1442:
1436:
1435:
1433:
1431:
1416:
1410:
1409:
1407:
1405:
1390:
1384:
1383:
1381:
1379:
1364:
1358:
1357:
1355:
1353:
1338:
1332:
1331:
1329:
1327:
1312:
1306:
1305:
1303:
1301:
1286:
1280:
1279:
1277:
1275:
1260:
1254:
1253:
1251:
1249:
1239:"Panyaza Lesufi"
1235:
1224:
1223:
1221:
1219:
1204:
1198:
1197:
1195:
1193:
1178:
1172:
1171:
1169:
1167:
1152:
1143:
1142:
1140:
1138:
1123:
1112:
1111:
1109:
1107:
1092:
1083:
1082:
1080:
1078:
1063:
1057:
1056:
1054:
1052:
1037:
992:Also during the
896:education sector
696:director-general
575:non-governmental
522:and now part of
388:
385:4 September 1968
384:
382:
366:Personal details
354:
323:
313:
296:
275:
263:
246:
226:
214:
197:
183:
173:
156:
137:
117:
85:
75:
40:
21:
20:
3051:
3050:
3046:
3045:
3044:
3042:
3041:
3040:
2991:
2990:
2989:
2984:
2974:
2956:
2936:
2906:
2856:
2741:
2546:
2537:
2507:
2502:
2493:
2488:
2455:
2422:
2381:
2370:
2356:
2326:
2321:
2278:
2269:
2229:
2221:
2198:
2193:
2192:
2182:
2180:
2171:
2170:
2166:
2156:
2154:
2144:
2140:
2130:
2128:
2118:
2111:
2101:
2099:
2089:
2085:
2075:
2073:
2060:
2056:
2046:
2044:
2035:
2034:
2030:
2020:
2018:
2009:
2008:
2004:
1986:
1979:
1969:
1967:
1958:
1957:
1953:
1943:
1941:
1931:
1924:
1914:
1912:
1903:
1902:
1889:
1879:
1877:
1868:
1867:
1860:
1850:
1848:
1839:
1838:
1829:
1819:
1817:
1807:
1800:
1790:
1788:
1778:
1774:
1764:
1762:
1752:
1748:
1738:
1736:
1726:
1722:
1712:
1710:
1700:
1691:
1678:
1677:
1673:
1663:
1661:
1652:
1651:
1647:
1637:
1635:
1625:
1621:
1611:
1609:
1599:
1595:
1585:
1583:
1574:
1573:
1569:
1559:
1557:
1548:
1547:
1543:
1533:
1531:
1522:
1521:
1517:
1507:
1505:
1496:
1495:
1491:
1481:
1479:
1470:
1469:
1465:
1455:
1453:
1443:
1439:
1429:
1427:
1417:
1413:
1403:
1401:
1391:
1387:
1377:
1375:
1365:
1361:
1351:
1349:
1340:
1339:
1335:
1325:
1323:
1314:
1313:
1309:
1299:
1297:
1288:
1287:
1283:
1273:
1271:
1262:
1261:
1257:
1247:
1245:
1237:
1236:
1227:
1217:
1215:
1214:. 14 April 2013
1206:
1205:
1201:
1191:
1189:
1180:
1179:
1175:
1165:
1163:
1162:. 31 March 2014
1154:
1153:
1146:
1136:
1134:
1125:
1124:
1115:
1105:
1103:
1093:
1086:
1076:
1074:
1064:
1060:
1050:
1048:
1039:
1038:
1013:
1008:
975:Lianhua Qingwen
967:
863:
858:
835:
807:
781:
757:
728:Gauteng Premier
722:. He was named
704:
690:; the National
670:Angie Motshekga
615:
610:
548:Master's degree
536:Group Areas Act
512:
412:
411:Other political
401:Political party
389:
386:
380:
378:
377:
376:
356:
350:
345:
321:
311:
297:
292:
273:
261:
247:
242:
224:
212:
198:
193:
187:Matome Chiloane
181:
171:
157:
152:
135:
119:
113:
108:
83:
77:
71:
66:
43:
31:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3049:
3039:
3038:
3033:
3028:
3023:
3018:
3013:
3008:
3003:
2986:
2985:
2979:
2976:
2975:
2973:
2972:
2966:
2964:
2958:
2957:
2955:
2954:
2946:
2944:
2938:
2937:
2935:
2934:
2929:
2924:
2916:
2914:
2908:
2907:
2905:
2904:
2899:
2894:
2889:
2884:
2879:
2874:
2866:
2864:
2858:
2857:
2855:
2854:
2849:
2844:
2839:
2834:
2829:
2824:
2819:
2814:
2809:
2804:
2799:
2794:
2789:
2784:
2779:
2774:
2769:
2764:
2759:
2751:
2749:
2743:
2742:
2740:
2739:
2734:
2729:
2727:Nkomo-Ralehoko
2724:
2719:
2714:
2709:
2704:
2699:
2694:
2689:
2684:
2679:
2674:
2669:
2664:
2659:
2654:
2649:
2644:
2639:
2634:
2629:
2624:
2619:
2614:
2609:
2604:
2599:
2594:
2589:
2584:
2579:
2574:
2569:
2564:
2556:
2554:
2548:
2547:
2536:
2535:
2528:
2521:
2513:
2504:
2503:
2496:
2494:
2490:
2489:
2487:
2486:
2477:
2468:
2458:
2456:
2454:
2453:
2444:
2435:
2425:
2423:
2421:
2420:
2418:Panyaza Lesufi
2411:
2402:
2400:Oscar Mabuyane
2392:
2390:
2384:
2382:
2375:
2372:
2371:
2355:
2354:
2347:
2340:
2332:
2323:
2322:
2320:
2319:
2314:
2309:
2304:
2299:
2294:
2289:
2283:
2280:
2279:
2268:
2267:
2260:
2253:
2245:
2237:
2236:
2231:
2222:
2217:
2213:
2212:
2206:
2205:
2202:Panyaza Lesufi
2197:
2196:External links
2194:
2191:
2190:
2164:
2152:Daily Maverick
2138:
2126:Daily Maverick
2109:
2083:
2063:Alberts, Anton
2054:
2043:. 26 July 2018
2028:
2002:
1977:
1951:
1922:
1887:
1876:. 6 March 2018
1858:
1847:. 23 June 2022
1827:
1798:
1772:
1746:
1720:
1689:
1671:
1660:. 27 June 2022
1645:
1619:
1593:
1582:. 21 July 2018
1567:
1556:. 21 July 2018
1541:
1530:. 21 July 2018
1515:
1504:. 29 July 2018
1489:
1463:
1437:
1411:
1385:
1359:
1333:
1307:
1281:
1255:
1225:
1199:
1188:. 26 July 2011
1173:
1144:
1133:. 23 July 2009
1113:
1084:
1058:
1010:
1009:
1007:
1004:
999:Daily Maverick
966:
963:
943:discriminating
888:constitutional
862:
859:
857:
854:
843:Solly Msimanga
834:
831:
806:
803:
789:Lebogang Maile
780:
777:
756:
753:
703:
700:
655:Nathi Mthethwa
614:
611:
609:
606:
511:
508:
466:A former anti-
444:
443:
440:
439:
436:
432:
431:
426:
420:
419:
414:
408:
407:
402:
398:
397:
374:
372:
368:
367:
363:
362:
359:
358:
352:Assumed office
347:
346:
339:
336:
335:
331:Member of the
328:
327:
324:
318:
317:
316:Barbara Creecy
314:
308:
307:
304:
300:
299:
289:
288:
282:
281:
276:
270:
269:
264:
258:
257:
254:
250:
249:
239:
238:
231:
230:
227:
221:
220:
218:Barbara Creecy
215:
209:
208:
205:
201:
200:
190:
189:
184:
178:
177:
174:
168:
167:
164:
160:
159:
149:
148:
142:
141:
138:
132:
131:
126:
122:
121:
115:Assumed office
110:
109:
102:
99:
98:
92:
91:
86:
80:
79:
78:6 October 2022
73:Assumed office
68:
67:
60:
57:
56:
49:
48:
45:
44:
42:Lesufi in 2014
41:
33:
32:
27:
25:Panyaza Lesufi
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3048:
3037:
3034:
3032:
3029:
3027:
3024:
3022:
3019:
3017:
3014:
3012:
3009:
3007:
3004:
3002:
3001:Living people
2999:
2998:
2996:
2983:
2977:
2971:
2968:
2967:
2965:
2963:
2959:
2953:
2952:
2948:
2947:
2945:
2943:
2939:
2933:
2930:
2928:
2925:
2923:
2922:
2918:
2917:
2915:
2913:
2909:
2903:
2900:
2898:
2895:
2893:
2890:
2888:
2885:
2883:
2880:
2878:
2875:
2873:
2872:
2868:
2867:
2865:
2863:
2859:
2853:
2850:
2848:
2845:
2843:
2840:
2838:
2835:
2833:
2830:
2828:
2825:
2823:
2820:
2818:
2815:
2813:
2810:
2808:
2805:
2803:
2800:
2798:
2795:
2793:
2790:
2788:
2785:
2783:
2780:
2778:
2775:
2773:
2770:
2768:
2765:
2763:
2760:
2758:
2757:
2753:
2752:
2750:
2748:
2744:
2738:
2735:
2733:
2730:
2728:
2725:
2723:
2720:
2718:
2715:
2713:
2710:
2708:
2705:
2703:
2700:
2698:
2695:
2693:
2690:
2688:
2687:Mogale-Letsie
2685:
2683:
2680:
2678:
2675:
2673:
2670:
2668:
2665:
2663:
2660:
2658:
2655:
2653:
2650:
2648:
2645:
2643:
2640:
2638:
2635:
2633:
2630:
2628:
2625:
2623:
2620:
2618:
2615:
2613:
2610:
2608:
2605:
2603:
2600:
2598:
2595:
2593:
2590:
2588:
2585:
2583:
2580:
2578:
2575:
2573:
2570:
2568:
2565:
2563:
2562:
2558:
2557:
2555:
2553:
2549:
2545:
2541:
2534:
2529:
2527:
2522:
2520:
2515:
2514:
2511:
2500:
2485:
2481:
2478:
2476:
2472:
2469:
2467:
2466:Lazzy Mokgosi
2463:
2460:
2459:
2457:
2452:
2451:Mandla Ndlovu
2448:
2445:
2443:
2439:
2436:
2434:
2430:
2427:
2426:
2424:
2419:
2415:
2412:
2410:
2406:
2403:
2401:
2397:
2394:
2393:
2391:
2388:
2387:
2379:
2373:
2369:
2365:
2361:
2353:
2348:
2346:
2341:
2339:
2334:
2333:
2330:
2318:
2315:
2313:
2310:
2308:
2305:
2303:
2300:
2298:
2295:
2293:
2290:
2288:
2285:
2284:
2281:
2277:
2273:
2266:
2261:
2259:
2254:
2252:
2247:
2246:
2243:
2235:
2228:
2227:
2220:
2219:David Makhura
2214:
2209:
2203:
2200:
2199:
2178:
2174:
2168:
2153:
2149:
2142:
2127:
2123:
2116:
2114:
2098:
2094:
2087:
2072:
2068:
2064:
2058:
2042:
2038:
2032:
2017:. 26 May 2015
2016:
2012:
2006:
1998:
1994:
1990:
1984:
1982:
1966:. 31 May 2019
1965:
1961:
1955:
1940:
1936:
1929:
1927:
1911:. 27 May 2015
1910:
1906:
1900:
1898:
1896:
1894:
1892:
1875:
1871:
1865:
1863:
1846:
1842:
1836:
1834:
1832:
1816:
1812:
1805:
1803:
1787:
1783:
1776:
1761:
1757:
1750:
1735:
1731:
1724:
1709:
1705:
1698:
1696:
1694:
1685:
1681:
1675:
1659:
1655:
1649:
1634:
1630:
1623:
1608:
1604:
1597:
1581:
1577:
1571:
1555:
1551:
1545:
1529:
1525:
1519:
1503:
1499:
1493:
1477:
1473:
1467:
1452:
1448:
1441:
1426:
1422:
1415:
1400:
1396:
1389:
1374:
1370:
1363:
1348:. 31 May 2019
1347:
1343:
1337:
1322:. 31 May 2019
1321:
1317:
1311:
1296:. 31 May 2019
1295:
1291:
1285:
1270:. 29 May 2019
1269:
1265:
1259:
1244:
1240:
1234:
1232:
1230:
1213:
1209:
1203:
1187:
1183:
1177:
1161:
1157:
1151:
1149:
1132:
1128:
1122:
1120:
1118:
1102:
1098:
1091:
1089:
1073:
1072:www.702.co.za
1069:
1062:
1046:
1042:
1036:
1034:
1032:
1030:
1028:
1026:
1024:
1022:
1020:
1018:
1016:
1011:
1003:
1001:
1000:
995:
990:
988:
984:
980:
976:
972:
962:
960:
956:
951:
948:
944:
940:
937:
936:
930:
928:
924:
920:
916:
912:
908:
904:
899:
897:
893:
889:
885:
884:non-racialism
880:
876:
872:
868:
856:Controversies
853:
850:
848:
844:
840:
830:
828:
824:
819:
817:
813:
802:
800:
796:
795:
790:
786:
776:
774:
770:
766:
762:
752:
750:
746:
741:
739:
734:
732:
731:David Makhura
729:
725:
721:
717:
713:
709:
699:
697:
693:
689:
685:
684:
679:
675:
671:
667:
662:
660:
656:
652:
648:
644:
643:Zola Skweyiya
640:
636:
632:
628:
624:
620:
605:
603:
598:
596:
592:
589:. During the
588:
584:
580:
576:
572:
568:
564:
560:
555:
553:
549:
545:
541:
537:
533:
529:
525:
521:
517:
507:
505:
501:
497:
493:
489:
485:
481:
477:
473:
469:
464:
462:
458:
454:
450:
441:
437:
433:
430:
427:
425:
421:
418:
415:
409:
406:
403:
399:
396:
392:
387:(age 56)
375:Andrek Lesufi
373:
369:
364:
360:
353:
348:
344:
343:
337:
334:
329:
325:
319:
315:
309:
306:David Makhura
305:
301:
295:
290:
287:
283:
280:
277:
271:
268:
265:
259:
256:David Makhura
255:
251:
245:
240:
237:
232:
228:
222:
219:
216:
210:
207:David Makhura
206:
202:
196:
191:
188:
185:
179:
175:
169:
166:David Makhura
165:
161:
155:
150:
147:
143:
140:David Makhura
139:
133:
130:
127:
123:
116:
111:
107:
106:
100:
97:
93:
90:
89:David Makhura
87:
81:
74:
69:
65:
64:
58:
55:
50:
46:
39:
34:
30:
22:
19:
2981:
2949:
2919:
2869:
2797:N du Plessis
2792:E du Plessis
2754:
2560:
2559:
2417:
2368:South Africa
2316:
2233:
2224:
2181:. Retrieved
2177:Sunday Times
2176:
2167:
2155:. Retrieved
2151:
2141:
2129:. Retrieved
2125:
2100:. Retrieved
2096:
2086:
2074:. Retrieved
2070:
2057:
2045:. Retrieved
2040:
2031:
2019:. Retrieved
2014:
2005:
1996:
1968:. Retrieved
1964:Jacaranda FM
1963:
1954:
1942:. Retrieved
1938:
1913:. Retrieved
1908:
1878:. Retrieved
1873:
1849:. Retrieved
1844:
1818:. Retrieved
1814:
1789:. Retrieved
1785:
1775:
1763:. Retrieved
1759:
1749:
1737:. Retrieved
1733:
1723:
1711:. Retrieved
1708:Daily Friend
1707:
1674:
1662:. Retrieved
1658:Sunday Times
1657:
1648:
1636:. Retrieved
1632:
1622:
1610:. Retrieved
1606:
1596:
1584:. Retrieved
1579:
1570:
1558:. Retrieved
1554:Sunday Times
1553:
1544:
1532:. Retrieved
1527:
1518:
1506:. Retrieved
1501:
1492:
1480:. Retrieved
1478:. 8 May 2010
1475:
1466:
1456:12 September
1454:. Retrieved
1450:
1440:
1428:. Retrieved
1425:Sunday Times
1424:
1414:
1402:. Retrieved
1398:
1388:
1376:. Retrieved
1372:
1362:
1350:. Retrieved
1345:
1336:
1324:. Retrieved
1320:Business Day
1319:
1310:
1298:. Retrieved
1294:Sunday Times
1293:
1284:
1272:. Retrieved
1268:Business Day
1267:
1258:
1246:. Retrieved
1242:
1216:. Retrieved
1211:
1202:
1190:. Retrieved
1185:
1176:
1164:. Retrieved
1159:
1135:. Retrieved
1130:
1104:. Retrieved
1100:
1075:. Retrieved
1071:
1061:
1049:. Retrieved
1044:
997:
991:
968:
952:
939:
933:
931:
900:
864:
851:
836:
820:
808:
792:
782:
758:
742:
735:
705:
681:
663:
627:spokesperson
616:
599:
556:
540:matriculated
513:
465:
448:
447:
413:affiliations
395:South Africa
351:
340:
322:Succeeded by
293:
274:Succeeded by
243:
225:Succeeded by
194:
182:Succeeded by
153:
120:27 June 2022
114:
103:
72:
61:
18:
3006:1968 births
2812:Engelbrecht
2475:Zamani Saul
2433:Thami Ntuli
2071:Politicsweb
1815:The Citizen
1786:The Citizen
1528:The Citizen
915:Vereeniging
805:Chairperson
478:and in the
357:21 May 2014
312:Preceded by
262:Preceded by
213:Preceded by
172:Preceded by
136:Preceded by
84:Preceded by
2995:Categories
2877:Badenhorst
2807:Dos Santos
2737:Schneemann
2484:Alan Winde
2183:1 December
2157:1 December
2131:1 December
2102:1 December
2076:1 December
2047:1 December
2021:1 December
1970:1 December
1944:1 December
1915:1 December
1880:1 December
1851:1 December
1820:1 December
1713:1 December
1612:1 December
1586:1 December
1560:1 December
1534:1 December
1508:1 December
1482:1 December
1430:8 November
1404:1 December
1399:City Press
1378:1 December
1352:1 December
1326:1 December
1300:1 December
1274:1 December
1248:1 December
1218:1 December
1192:1 December
1166:1 December
1137:1 December
1106:1 December
1051:1 December
1006:References
765:Ekurhuleni
720:party list
692:Press Club
664:After the
661:in 2008.
438:Politician
435:Occupation
424:Alma mater
381:1968-09-04
2842:Ramulifho
2777:Chabalala
2627:Makhubela
2364:provinces
2307:Mokonyane
2302:Mashatile
2292:Motshekga
2234:Incumbent
1791:6 October
1765:5 October
1739:5 October
907:Afriforum
892:non-white
877:that the
867:Afrikaans
799:Parks Tau
659:the Hawks
600:When the
532:apartheid
468:apartheid
342:Incumbent
294:In office
244:In office
195:In office
154:In office
105:Incumbent
63:Incumbent
2951:Dhlamini
2927:De Lange
2887:Masemola
2871:Mukwevho
2852:Robinson
2832:Nt'sekhe
2802:De Jager
2782:Cilliers
2762:Atkinson
2756:Msimanga
2717:Ndlovana
2697:Mosupyoe
2692:Mokgethi
2662:Mazibuko
2657:Matsheke
2647:Manamela
2642:Mamabolo
2637:Malobane
2617:Magagule
2612:Letsoalo
2597:Khanyile
2567:Chiloane
2360:Premiers
2358:Current
2272:Premiers
1684:Archived
987:WhatsApp
979:COVID-19
973:remedy,
965:COVID-19
947:coloured
886:and the
567:Congress
516:Edenvale
391:Edenvale
2982:italics
2932:Hoffman
2921:Alberts
2847:Randall
2607:Ledwaba
2602:Khumalo
2587:Kanyane
2542:of the
2540:Members
2312:Makhura
2297:Shilowa
2287:Sexwale
2276:Gauteng
1989:FF Plus
1664:27 June
1638:27 June
1131:Sowetan
1077:21 June
935:Citizen
761:Gauteng
714:of the
706:In the
683:Sowetan
528:Tembisa
524:Gauteng
303:Premier
253:Premier
234:Acting
204:Premier
163:Premier
2897:Radebe
2822:Miller
2787:Cirota
2722:Ndlovu
2712:Munyai
2702:Motara
2682:Modise
2677:Mncube
2672:Mfikoe
2667:Mekgwe
2652:Masuku
2632:Malema
2592:Kekana
2582:Hlophe
2577:Hassan
2561:Lesufi
2317:Lesufi
2097:News24
2041:News24
1909:News24
1633:News24
1502:News24
1451:News24
1346:News24
1101:News24
909:, and
875:leaked
871:medium
812:Benoni
712:Member
563:Durban
125:Deputy
2970:Adams
2892:Mazwi
2837:Peach
2817:Fuchs
2772:Bosch
2767:Bloom
2707:Mpisi
2622:Maile
2572:Diale
534:-era
355:
118:
76:
2902:Tong
2882:Koma
2185:2022
2159:2022
2133:2022
2104:2022
2078:2022
2049:2022
2023:2022
2015:eNCA
1972:2022
1946:2022
1917:2022
1882:2022
1853:2022
1822:2022
1793:2022
1767:2022
1741:2022
1715:2022
1666:2022
1640:2022
1614:2022
1588:2022
1562:2022
1536:2022
1510:2022
1484:2022
1458:2020
1432:2019
1406:2022
1380:2022
1354:2022
1328:2022
1302:2022
1276:2022
1250:2022
1220:2022
1194:2022
1168:2022
1139:2022
1108:2022
1079:2020
1053:2022
371:Born
52:7th
2827:Nel
2429:KZN
2366:of
2362:of
2274:of
1939:EWN
1874:702
1845:MSN
1760:EWN
1734:IOL
1607:IOL
733:.
554:.
550:in
29:MPL
2997::
2482::
2480:WC
2473::
2471:NC
2464::
2462:NW
2449::
2447:ML
2440::
2438:LP
2431::
2416::
2414:GT
2407::
2405:FS
2398::
2396:EC
2175:.
2150:.
2124:.
2112:^
2095:.
2069:.
2039:.
2013:.
1995:.
1980:^
1962:.
1937:.
1925:^
1907:.
1890:^
1872:.
1861:^
1843:.
1830:^
1813:.
1801:^
1784:.
1758:.
1732:.
1706:.
1692:^
1656:.
1631:.
1605:.
1578:.
1552:.
1526:.
1500:.
1474:.
1449:.
1423:.
1397:.
1371:.
1344:.
1318:.
1292:.
1266:.
1241:.
1228:^
1210:.
1184:.
1158:.
1147:^
1129:.
1116:^
1099:.
1087:^
1070:.
1043:.
1014:^
905:,
898:.
829:.
751:.
653:,
641:,
393:,
383:)
2532:e
2525:t
2518:v
2351:e
2344:t
2337:v
2264:e
2257:t
2250:v
2187:.
2161:.
2135:.
2106:.
2080:.
2051:.
2025:.
1999:.
1974:.
1948:.
1919:.
1884:.
1855:.
1824:.
1795:.
1769:.
1743:.
1717:.
1668:.
1642:.
1616:.
1590:.
1564:.
1538:.
1512:.
1486:.
1460:.
1434:.
1408:.
1382:.
1356:.
1330:.
1304:.
1278:.
1252:.
1222:.
1196:.
1170:.
1141:.
1110:.
1081:.
1055:.
379:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
