Priscilla Sekgobela
Member of the National Assembly
In office
20 January 2014 – 6 May 2014
In office
9 May 2004 – May 2009
ConstituencyMpumalanga
Personal details
Born (1957-05-11) 11 May 1957
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Priscilla Sindisiwe Sekgobela (born 11 May 1957) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2009, serving the Mpumalanga constituency. She returned for a brief second term from January to May 2014.

Legislative career

Sekgobela was born on 11 May 1957.[1] She was first elected to the National Assembly in the 1994 general election, South Africa's first under universal suffrage,[2] and she gained re-election in 1999[1] and 2004.[3] She represented the Mpumalanga constituency. She also served as a party whip until August 2007, when the ANC announced that it would demote her; she had been implicated in the so-called Travelgate scandal, which concerned the abuse of parliamentary travel vouchers, and had signed an acknowledgement of debt to Parliament, although she was cleared on a related criminal fraud charge.[4]

Sekgobela was not initially re-elected in the 2009 general election, but she returned to her seat on 20 January 2014, filling the casual vacancy that arose in the ANC's national caucus after Crosby Moni died.[5] She left Parliament again after the general election in May 2014.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ↑ South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994. International Republican Institute. 1994. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Yumpu.
  3. ↑ "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "DA calls for Travelgate MPs to be dismissed". The Mail & Guardian. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Members of the National Assembly". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Priscilla Sindisiwe Sekgobela". People's Assembly. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.