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Dora Kotzee
Dora Kotzee, sometimes misspelled Dorah Coetzee, is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature from 2014 to 2019. During that time, she served as the Free State's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works and Infrastructure from 2015 to 2018, and from 2018 to 2019 she occupied an expanded portfolio as MEC for Public Works, Infrastructure and Human Settlements. Political career Until 2014, Kotzee represented the ANC as a councillor in Lejweleputswa District Municipality and Matjhabeng Local Municipality. In the 2014 general election, she was narrowly elected to an ANC seat in the Free State Provincial Legislature, ranked 22nd on the ANC's provincial party list. She served as Deputy Majority Chief Whip in the legislature until May 2015, when Premier Ace Magashule Elias Sekgobelo "Ace" Magashule (born 3 November 1959) is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist ...
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African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, first post-apartheid election resulted in Nelson Mandela being elected as President of South Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent national president, has served as president of the ANC since 18 December 2017. Founded on 8 January 1912 in Bloemfontein as the South African Native National Congress, the organisation was formed to advocate for the rights of Bantu peoples of South Africa, black South Africans. When the National Party (South Africa), National Party government came to power 1948 South African general election, in 1948, the ANC's central purpose became to oppose the new government's policy of institutionalised apartheid. To this end, its methods and means of organisation shifted; its adoption of the techniques of mass politics, and ...
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Lejweleputswa District Municipality
The Lejweleputswa District Municipality (; ; ) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Welkom. As of 2011, a majority of its 657,019 residents speak Sotho. The district code is DC18. ''Lejweleputswa'' is a Sesotho word meaning "grey rock". Neighbours Lejweleputswa is surrounded by: * Dr Kenneth Kaunda in North West to the north (DC40) * Fezile Dabi to the north-east (DC20) * Thabo Mofutsanyane to the south-east (DC19) * Mangaung Metro to the south * Xhariep to the south-west (DC16) * Frances Baard in Northern Cape to the west (DC9) * Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati in North West to the north-west (DC39) Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities: Demographics The following statistics are from the 2001 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a ...
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21st-century South African Politicians
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African National Congress Politicians
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Members Of The Free State Provincial Legislature
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2019 South African General Election
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2014 South African General Election
General elections were held in South Africa on 7 May 2014, to elect a new National Assembly of South Africa, National Assembly and new Provincial legislature (South Africa), provincial legislatures in each province. It was the fifth election held in South Africa under conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994, and also the first held since the Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela, death of Nelson Mandela. It was also the first time that South African expatriates were allowed to vote in a South African national election. The National Assembly election was won by the African National Congress (ANC), but with a reduced majority of 62.1%, down from 65.9% in the 2009 election. The official opposition Democratic Alliance (South Africa), Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its share of the vote from 16.7% to 22.2%, while the newly formed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) obtained 6.4% of the vote. Eight of the nine provincial legislatures we ...
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Matjhabeng Local Municipality
Matjhabeng Municipality (; ; ) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. The municipality includes Welkom, Virginia, Odendaalsrus and Allanridge. ''Matjhabeng'' is a Sesotho word meaning "where nations meet". It is derived from the migrant labour system where people from various countries like Lesotho, Mozambique, etc. met to work in the mines. Geography The municipality covers an area of in the goldfields of the central Free State, north of Bloemfontein and south of Kroonstad. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 406,461 people in 123,195 households. Of this population, 88% describe themselves as "Black African", 10% as "White", and 2% as "Coloured". The first language of 64% of the population is Sotho, while 12% speak Xhosa, 12% speak Afrikaans and 4% speak English. In the western part of the municipality there is a string of mining towns that runs from northwest to southeast: Allanr ...
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Member Of The Executive Council
In South Africa, the Executive Council of a province is the cabinet of the provincial government. The Executive Council consists of the Premier and five to ten other members,'' Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996'', Chapter 6: "Provinces", ss. 125–141 who have the title "Member of the Executive Council", commonly abbreviated to "MEC". MECs are appointed by the Premier from amongst the members of the provincial legislature; the Premier can also dismiss them. The provincial legislature may force the Premier to reconstitute the council by passing a motion of no confidence in the Executive Council excluding the Premier; if the legislature passes a motion of no confidence in the Executive Council ''including'' the Premier, then the Premier and the MECs must resign. The Premier designates powers and functions to the MECs; conventionally they are assigned portfolios in specific areas of responsibility. They are accountable to the provincial legislature, both ind ...
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Free State Executive Council
The Executive Council of the Free State is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of the Free State. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Free State Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the Free State, an office held since May 2024 by Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae of the African National Congress (ANC). Direko premiership: 1999–2004 Winkie Direko was elected as the Free State's third Premier in the 1999 general election. She reshuffled her Executive Council on 28 June 2001, firing three MECs: Tate Makgoe, Anna Buthelezi-Phori, and Casca Mokitlane. Marshoff premiership: 2004–2009 Beatrice Marshoff was elected Premier in the 2004 general elections; her new Executive Council was sworn in on 3 May 2004. In April 2005, over the course of two weeks, Marshoff announced two wide-ranging reshuffles in which three MECs – Ace Magashule, Itumeleng Benny Kotsoane, ...
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Free State (province)
The Free State ( ; ; ; ; ), formerly known as the Orange Free State, is a Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Boer republic called the Orange Free State and later the Orange Free State (province), Orange Free State Province. History The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans were abolished and reincorporated into South Africa. It is also the only one of the four original provinces of South Africa not to undergo border changes, apart from the reincorporation of Bantustans, and its borders date from before the outbreak of the Boer War. Geography The Free State is situated on a succession of flat grassy plains sprinkled with pastureland, resting on a general elevation of 3,800 feet only broken by the occasional hill or kopje. The rich soil and pleasant climate allow for a thriving agricultural industry. The province is high ...
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