Anna Buthelezi
{{Short description|South African politician and civil servant (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| party = African National Congress
| citizenship = South Africa
| spouse = Zacharia Phori (div. 2002)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|10|07|df=yes}}
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Mamorena Annah Buthelezi (born 7 October 1965), formerly known as Anna Buthelezi-Phori, is a South African politician and civil servant who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature and Free State Executive Council. She is also a former Deputy Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Free State branch.
Political career
Buthelezi was born on 7 October 1965.{{cite magazine |date=20 April 2004 |title=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 |url=https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/262770.pdf |magazine=Government Gazette of South Africa |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Government of South Africa |volume=466 |issue=2677 |pages=4–95 |access-date=26 March 2021}} She served as Deputy Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Free State branch from 1994 to 1997 under Provincial Chairperson Pat Matosa.{{Cite web |date=1997-12-17 |title=50th National Conference: Report of the Secretary General |url=https://www.anc1912.org.za/50th-national-conference-report-of-the-secretary-general-provincial-reports/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128234926/https://www.anc1912.org.za/50th-national-conference-report-of-the-secretary-general-provincial-reports/ |archive-date=2022-11-28 |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=African National Congress }} She subsequently represented the ANC in the Free State Provincial Legislature and in the Free State Executive Council. She served as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Welfare until 28 June 2001, when Premier Winkie Direko announced a reshuffle which saw Buthelezi fired and replaced by Beatrice Marshoff;{{Cite web |date=29 June 2001 |title=Direko axes three MECs |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/direko-axes-three-mecs-20010628 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} the reshuffle was viewed as political, and especially as linked to Buthelezi's alignment to ANC Provincial Chairperson Ace Magashule.{{Cite journal |last=Twala |first=Chitja |last2=Barnard |first2=Leo |date=2003-12-31 |title=Winkie Direko – A political leader in her own right? |url=https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/jch/article/view/387 |journal=Southern Journal for Contemporary History |language=en |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=134–151 |issn=2415-0509}}
After her dismissal from the Executive Council, Buthelezi continued to serve as an ordinary Member of the Provincial Legislature,{{Cite web |last=Mboyane |first=Sphiwe |date=10 March 2002 |title=ANC soapie to play out in court |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/anc-soapie-to-play-out-in-court-20020310 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} and she remained in her seat after the 2004 general election, chairing the Portfolio Committee on Local Government.{{Cite web |date=2004-10-01 |title=‘We toyi-toyi to get attention’ |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2004-10-01-we-toyitoyi-to-get-attention/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}} By April 2005, the Mail & Guardian reported that she was no longer on good terms with Magashule.{{Cite web |date=2005-04-15 |title=Drive to finesse ‘Ace’ |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2005-04-15-drive-to-finesse-ace/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}
As of 2011, she was a deputy director-general in the Free State's provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.{{Cite web |date=3 December 2011 |title=Green home’s her cup of tea |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/green-homes-her-cup-of-tea-20150429 |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Buthelezi was formerly married to Zacharia Phori, a National Intelligence Agency officer and former Umkhonto we Sizwe operative, with whom she has one son.{{Cite web |last=Mboyane |first=Sphiwe |date=24 March 2002 |title=Sex scandal rocks ANC couple |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/sex-scandal-rocks-anc-couple-20020324 |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} They divorced in February 2002. During the divorce proceedings, in February 2002, Buthelezi laid an attempted murder charge against Phori, alleging that he had fired several shots at her car outside their house in Bayswater, Bloemfontein.
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Category:African National Congress politicians
Category:Members of the Free State Provincial Legislature
Category:20th-century South African politicians
Category:20th-century South African women politicians
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Category:21st-century South African women politicians