Buoang Lemias Mashile (born 17 December 1957) is a South African politician who represented the

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(ANC) in

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from 2004 to 2019. He served in the

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for two non-consecutive terms from 2004 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2019. In the interim, he served in the

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Nguni languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It shares bor ...

caucus of the

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(NCOP).

Legislative career

Mashile joined the National Assembly on 14 May 2004, filling a seat in the

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constituency that had initially been designated for Mninwa Mahlangu; Mahlangu joined the NCOP instead. After one term in the seat, Mashile moved to the NCOP after the 2009 general election. In the NCOP, he was a member of the Mpumalanga caucus, and he was elected as co-chairperson of Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests; he served alongside the National Assembly's Luwellyn Landers and later

Ben Turok Benjamin Turok (26 June 1927 – 9 December 2019) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and economics professor. He represented the African National Congress in the post-apartheid National Assembly from 1994 to 2014. Early l ...

. In the 2014 general election, Mashile returned to the National Assembly on the ANC's national party list. The ANC nominated him to chair the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs. In May 2018, in a reshuffle of the ANC's parliamentary caucus, he replaced Fezeka Loliwe as chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Labour. He held the latter position until the 2019 general election, when he vacated his legislative seat.

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* Living people 1957 births African National Congress politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2004–2009 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2009–2014 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2014–2019 Members of the National Council of Provinces {{DEFAULTSORT:Mashile, Buoang