Tidimalo Legwase Explained

Tidimalo Legwase
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Term Start:15 June 2024
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:22 May 2019
Term End1:28 May 2024
Constituency1:North West
Party:African National Congress
Occupation:Member of Parliament
Profession:Politician

Tidimalo Innocentia Legwase is a South African politician for the African National Congress. She has been a permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces since June 2024, after previously serving in the National Assembly from May 2019 until May 2024.

Parliamentary career

Legwase stood as an ANC parliamentary candidate from the North West in the 2019 parliamentary election, and was elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019.[1] [2]

In June 2019, Legwase was named to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans, the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.[3]

In June 2021, she became a member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry which was established to determine Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office.[4]

Following the 2024 general election, Legwase became a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the North West. She was elected to chair the Select Committee on Appropriations.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: News. Eyewitness. Who's nominated for the National Assembly & provincial legislatures?. 2021-09-17. ewn.co.za. en.
  2. Web site: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures. 2021-09-17. News24. en-US.
  3. Web site: 27 June 2019. Announcements, tablings and committee reports. 17 September 2021. Parliament of South Africa.
  4. Web site: 21 June 2021. Announcements, tablings and committee reports. 17 September 2021. Parliament of South Africa.
  5. https://www.parliament.gov.za/press-releases/ncop-select-committees-elect-chairpersons