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Jacob Boy Mamabolo is a South African politician from
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who served as a Member of the
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. He was elected to
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at the 2019 general election and left parliament at the
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. Mamabolo is a member of the
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.


Early life

Mamabolo hails from Masakeng,
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. He and current
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president
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grew up in the same community and both became involved in the same organisations. Both were members of the
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(COSAS) and the
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(ANCYL). He was the COSAS provincial secretary when Malema was the organisation's national president. Their friendship ended while they were active in the ANCYL. Mamabolo was a supporter of former ANC president
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while Malema turned on Zuma.


Parliamentary career

Mamabolo was placed second on the ANC's regional list for the May 2019 general election. At the election, he was elected as an MP. As of June 2019, he sits on both the Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture and the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General.


Incidents

When Malema was suspended as youth league president in 2011, Mamabolo burnt a mock coffin in celebration. In 2013, he was involved in a court battle with Malema after he sent him a message threatening to exhume his mother's remains and take them to his grandmother's house. In the same year, Mamabolo was arrested on fraud charges relating to his tenure as the chairperson of the Limpopo Geographical Names Committee.


2020 State of the Nation Address

While EFF MPs disrupted the 2020 annual State of the Nation Address, Mamabolo rose on a
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and said: In the subsequent debate, he once again accused Malema of domestic abuse. Consequently, Malema and his spouse approached the Limpopo High Court and filed lawsuits of R1 million each, citing
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. The two parties reached an out-of-court agreement wherein Mamabolo apologised, saying that his utterances were "uncalled for". In 2020, Mamabolo was condemned by the South African National Editors Forum for violent threats against a journalist. Mamabolo was reported in 2022 to have made a veiled death threat to an editor via WhatsApp message as part of demanding a let up in coverage of a presidential aide. Court has orderd Mamabolo to be barred on Facebook.


References


External links


Jacob Boy Mamabolo – People's AssemblyMr Jacob Boy Mamabolo – Parliament of South Africa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mamabolo, Boy Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Polokwane Politicians from Limpopo African National Congress politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024