Sochayile Khanyile
MPL
Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
21 May 2014
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
NicknameSocks

Sochayile Khanyile is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2014. He has chaired the legislature's Standing Committee on Public Accounts since 2019 and was previously the legislature's Majority Chief Whip from 2018 to 2019. A former ANC Youth League activist, he was a member of the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in Gauteng between 1996 and 2018.

Early political career

Khanyile is a former Provincial Chairperson of the Gauteng branch of the ANC Youth League, and he joined the government soon after the end of apartheid, in 1995, as a local councilor at the now-defunct Alberton Town Council.[1] From 2008, he worked in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature as secretary to the ANC's caucus.[1] By that time,[2] he was Regional Secretary of the mainstream ANC's branch in Ekurhuleni.[1][3]

Legislative career

In the 2014 general election, Khanyile was elected to a seat in the provincial legislature, ranked 22nd on the ANC's provincial party list.[4] Near the end of the legislative term, in early November 2018, he was appointed Majority Chief Whip in the legislature after the incumbent, Brian Hlongwa, resigned.[5][1] However, also in 2018, he failed to gain re-election to the Provincial Executive Committee of the Gauteng ANC;[6] he had previously served on the committee since 1996.[1]

In the 2019 general election, he was re-elected to his legislative seat, ranked 34th on the ANC's party list.[4] He was succeeded as Chief Whip by Mzi Khumalo but was appointed to chair the legislature's Standing Committee on Public Accounts.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mahlati, Zintle (6 November 2018). "Sochayile Khanyile appointed new chief whip of ANC Gauteng legislature". IOL. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  2. ↑ Comrie, Susan (2019-08-12). "How State Capture Inc funded the ANC". amaBhungane. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  3. ↑ Manyathela, Clement (6 November 2018). "ANC Gauteng congratulates Sochayile Khanyile after chief whip appointment". EWN. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  4. 1 2 "Sochayile Khanyile". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  5. ↑ "Sochayile 'Socks' Khanyile appointed ANC chief whip in Gauteng legislature". News24. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  6. ↑ "ANC Gauteng province on the successful 13th provincial conference". Polity. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  7. ↑ "Committee Chairpersons of the Sixth Legislature". Gauteng Provincial Legislature. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Mahlokwane, James (10 November 2022). "Gauteng Scopa chairperson Sochayile Khanyile concerned about MECs not attending public hearings". Retrieved 2023-02-09.
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