Tidimalo Innocentia Legwase is a South African politician for the

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. She has been a

permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the post-apartheid constitution which came into full effect in 1997. It replaced the former Senate, but is very similar to that body, and to many ...

since June 2024, after previously serving in the

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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

and sworn in on 22 May 2019. 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. In June 2021, she became a member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry which was established to determine

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's fitness to hold office. Following the 2024 general election, Legwase became a

Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the post-apartheid constitution which came into full effect in 1997. It replaced the former Senate, but is very similar to that body, and to many ...

from the North West. She was elected to chair the Select Committee on Appropriations.https://www.parliament.gov.za/press-releases/ncop-select-committees-elect-chairpersons

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Legwase, Tidimalo Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Tswana people African National Congress politicians Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024 Members of the National Council of Provinces Women members of the National Council of Provinces Tswana women