Peace Mabe
Peace Mabe | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| Assumed office 24 February 2017 | |
| In office 21 May 2014 – 6 August 2016 | |
| Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces | |
| In office 7 May 2009 – 21 April 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bertha Peace Mabe 18 September 1976 |
| Party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Pretoria |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament |
| Profession | Politician |
Bertha Peace Mabe (born 18 September 1976) is a South African politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since February 2017, as well as the Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture since 3 July 2024. She previously served in the National Assembly from May 2014 until August 2016. She served as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Gauteng between May 2009 and April 2014. Mabe is a member of the African National Congress and the party's unsuccessful 2016 Mogale City mayoral candidate.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Mabe was born on 18 September 1976 in Magaliesburg, West Rand in the former Transvaal Province.[1] She studied at the University of Pretoria, where she obtained a bachelor's degree and an honours degree in public administration.[1]
Political career
[edit | edit source]Mabe is a member of the African National Congress. Following the 2009 general election, Mabe was elected as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Gauteng.[1] She was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 7 May 2009. She served as chairperson of the legislature's Select Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities.[1]
After the 2014 general election, Mabe was sworn in as a Member of the National Assembly.[1] The ANC selected her as their candidate for chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Administration.[2] She was elected chairperson on 25 June 2014.[3]
In June 2016, the ANC nominated her as their mayoral candidate for Mogale City ahead of the 2016 municipal elections.[4] The ANC lost their majority on the council and Mabe lost to the Democratic Alliance's Lynn Pannall by just one vote on 18 August.[5] She resigned as a councillor on 23 August.[6] On 31 August, the Economic Freedom Fighters opened a fraud case against Mabe, because she was sworn in as a councillor despite her failing to resign as a Member of Parliament, as required by the constitution.[7] Parliament later announced that her membership ceased on 6 August 2016, in accordance to section 47(3)(a) of the Constitution. Mabe returned to Parliament on 24 February 2017.[8]
She was re-elected in May 2019 and now serves as co-chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament.[1]
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External links
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- Mabe, Bertha Peace at ANC Parliament
- Living people
- 1976 births
- People from Krugersdorp
- African National Congress politicians
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2024–2029
- 21st-century South African women politicians
- Members of the National Council of Provinces
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2014–2019