Tovhowani Tshivhase
Tovhowani Tshivhase | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 9 May 1994 – 1 January 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1946 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Tovhowani Josephine Tshivhase (born 10 September 1946) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from May 1994 until January 2011, when she resigned. She is a former chairperson of the assembly's Portfolio Committee on Social Development.
Early life
[edit]Tshivhase was born on 10 September 1946[1] and speaks TshiVenda.[2]
National Assembly
[edit]She was first elected to the National Assembly in the 1994 general election, South Africa's first under universal suffrage.[3] She gained re-election in 1999 (on that occasion representing the Limpopo constituency),[1] 2004,[4] and 2009.[1] After the 2004 election, the ANC nominated her to replace Cas Saloojee as chair of the social development committee.[5] She resigned during her fourth term in the assembly, with effect from 1 January 2011.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Mbeki dunked in linguistic soup". IOL. 21 May 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994. International Republican Institute. 1994. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Yumpu.
- ^ "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "ANC old guard reshuffled". IOL. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Members of the National Assembly". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- Living people
- 1946 births
- African National Congress politicians
- 21st-century South African politicians
- 21st-century South African women politicians
- 20th-century South African politicians
- 20th-century South African women politicians
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
- Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa
- Venda people