Elma Rabe
MPL
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
OccupationPolitician

Elma Rabe is a South African politician and a current Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance.

Political career

Rabe had previously served as the DA's Provincial Director in the KwaZulu-Natal before she was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature in the 2019 provincial election, having been ranked 10th on the party list. She was appointed the DA KZN Spokesperson on Social Development.[1] She supported fellow MPL Mbali Ntuli's unsuccessful bid for DA leader at the 2020 Democratic Alliance Federal Congress.[2]

At the DA's provincial congress held on 27 March 2021, Rabe was elected as one of three deputy provincial chairpersons of the party.[3] She was appointed the party's provincial spokesperson on agriculture in December 2021.[4]

Rabe unsuccessfully stood for re-election as a deputy provincial chairperson of the DA at the party's provincial conference in April 2023.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "New DA KZN Caucus team ready to add value to Legislature". Democratic Alliance - KwaZulu-Natal. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  2. ↑ "WATCH | These are the DA members backing Mbali Ntuli as party leader". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  3. ↑ McCain, Nicole. "DA elects Francois Rodgers as KZN leader". News24. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  4. ↑ "DA announce changes to KZN Legislature Caucus portfolios". www.polity.org.za. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  5. ↑ Macupe, Bongekile. "DA KZN Congress: Clean sweep for Rodgers and Mcpherson who retain leadership positions". News24. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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