Grant Marais
Grant Marais MPP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Freedom Front Plus (2018–present) |
| Relations | Peter Marais (father) |
Grant Peter Marais (born 25 January 1974) is a South African politician and former banker who has served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since June 2024, representing the Freedom Front Plus.
Background
[edit]Marais was born in 1974 to Cape political stalwart Peter Marais. He matriculated in 1992 and obtained a NQR level 6 qualification in Wealth Management and Investments at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.[1] Marais then proceeded to have a career in banking, working as the branch manager and manager of African Bank's insurance division in Atlantis and then as the public relations manager of ABSA at the Tyger Valley Shopping Centre in Bellville.[1] In 2024, it was reported that Marais was a final-year law student at the University of South Africa.[1]
Political career
[edit]Marais joined the Bruin Bemagtiging Beweging (English: Brown Empowerment Movement) (BBB) in 2013.[2] In November 2018, he became a member of the Freedom Front Plus.[1]
Marais was the Freedom Front Plus's ward councillor candidate for ward 105 in the City of Cape Town in the 2021 local government elections.[2] He did not win the ward but was elected to the Cape Town City Council from the party list.[3]
In May 2024, Marais was elected deputy provincial chairperson of the Freedom Front Plus following Lennit Max's departure from the party.[1] He was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in the provincial election that was held later that month; he succeeded his father as the Freedom Front Plus's sole representative in the legislature.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Mulder, Dr Corne (2024-05-03). "Grant Marais the new Western Cape Deputy Chair". Freedom Front Plus. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ a b Gitahu, Mwangi (27 October 2021). "Grant Marais of FF+ follows in his well-known father's political footsteps". Independent Online. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ "LGE2021 Councillor Lists - 9 Nov 2021" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Petersen, Carlo. "FF+ member & former WC premier Peter Marais to step away from politics". EWN. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ Payne, Suné (2024-06-13). "Winde's new Western Cape government rings the changes". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
External links
[edit]- Grant Marais at People's Assembly