Boyce Maneli
{{Short description|South African politician}}
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| office = Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour
| term_start = 9 July 2024
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| predecessor = Lindelwa Dunjwa
| office1 = Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications
| term_start1 = 21 August 2019
| term_end1 = 28 May 2024
| predecessor1 = Hope Papo
| successor1 = Khusela Sangoni
| office2 = Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
| term_start2 = 22 May 2019
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| constituency2 = Gauteng
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| office3 = Executive Mayor of the West Rand District Municipality
| term_start3 = 25 August 2016
| term_end3 = May 2019
| predecessor3 = Mpho Nawa
| successor3 = Dennis Thabe
| office4 = Regional Chairperson of ANC West Rand Region
| term_start4 = 2014
| term_end4 = 2018
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| birthname = Boyce Makhosonke Maneli
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| party = African National Congress
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| alma_mater = North-West University (BA)
MANCOSA (BPAHons)
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Boyce Makhosonke Maneli is a South African politician from Gauteng who has been Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour since 2024 and a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress since 2019. He had previously served as the Executive Mayor of the West Rand District Municipality from 2016 to 2019 and as the Regional Chairperson of the ANC's West Rand Region from 2014 to 2018.
Education
Maneli earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Development and Management from the North-West University and an Honours degree in Public Administration from MANCOSA.{{Cite web|title=Mr Boyce Makhosonke Maneli - Parliament of South Africa|url=https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/175|access-date=2021-12-28|website=www.parliament.gov.za}}
Politics
Maneli served as the Regional Chairperson of the West Rand Region of the African National Congress from 2014 to 2018 and as the Executive Mayor of the West Rand District Municipality from 2016 to 2019.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-25|title=New West Rand district Mayor elected|url=http://randfonteinherald.co.za/227774/new-west-rand-district-mayor-elected/|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Randfontein Herald|language=en-US}} He is a member of the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) of the ANC in Gauteng.
=Parliamentary career=
Maneli stood as an ANC parliamentary candidate from Gauteng in the 2019 national elections,{{Cite web|title=ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections - DOCUMENTS {{!}} Politicsweb|url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/anc-national-and-provincial-lists-for-2019-electio|access-date=2021-12-28|website=www.politicsweb.co.za|language=en}} and was elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019.{{Cite web|title=SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/Elections/News/see-these-are-the-people-who-will-represent-you-in-parliament-provincial-legislatures-20190515|access-date=2021-12-28|website=News24|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Rebecca|date=2019-05-22|title=SA's 6th Parliament: High spirits, high energy as new MPs sworn in at Parliament|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-05-22-high-spirits-high-energy-as-new-mps-sworn-in-at-parliament/|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Daily Maverick|language=en}} In June 2019, Maneli was appointed to serve on the Portfolio Committee on Communications and the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration.{{Cite web|date=27 June 2019|title=Announcements, tablings and committee reports|url=https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/Docs/atc/b15cfe21-ab17-4cf6-a638-3d164e752c63.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=28 December 2021|website=Parliament of South Africa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515190416/https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/Docs/atc/b15cfe21-ab17-4cf6-a638-3d164e752c63.pdf |archive-date=2021-05-15 }} Following the resignation of Hope Papo, Maneli was elected unopposed as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications on 21 August 2019.{{Cite web|title=Election of Chairperson; Communications Legacy Report {{!}} PMG|url=https://pmg.org.za/committee-meeting/28737/|access-date=2021-12-28|website=pmg.org.za|language=en}}
He served as an alternate member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry before becoming a member.
Following the 2024 general election, Maneli was elected to chair the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.https://www.parliament.gov.za/press-releases/na-portfolio-committees-elect-chairpersons
=VBS Mutual Bank=
On 9 August 2020, the ANC Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) decided that Maneli and Merafong mayor Maphefo Letsie should resign from their positions for failing to act against officials implicated in the VBS Mutual Bank scandal.{{Cite web|last=Ntshidi|first=Edwin|title=ANC: Boyce Maneli, Maphefo Letsie must step down over VBS scandal|url=https://ewn.co.za/2020/08/09/anc-boyce-maneli-maphefo-letsie-must-step-down-over-vbs-scandal|access-date=2021-12-28|website=ewn.co.za|language=en}} Maneli responded by saying that he won't resign and that he will approach the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress to appeal the adverse findings against him. He said that he has proof that action was taken against implicated officials at the West Rand District Municipality. The municipality had invested R81 million at the bank and nearly R2 billion was looted from the bank before it collapsed.{{Cite web|last=Madia|first=Tshidi|title=I will not resign - ANC MP won't go down without a fight|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/i-will-not-resign-anc-mp-wont-go-down-without-a-fight-20200812|access-date=2021-12-28|website=News24|language=en-US}} In October 2020, the PEC said that Maneli should be suspended with immediate effect.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-22|title=ANC PEC wants Boyce Maneli suspended with immediate effect|url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/anc-pec-wants-boyce-maneli-suspended-with-immediate-effect/|access-date=2021-12-28|website=SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.|language=en-US}} In February 2022, the ANC's national dispute resolution committee (NDRC) set aside the PEC's decision for Letsie and Maneli to resign from their positions.{{Cite web|last=Madia|first=Tshidi|title=ANC’s Maphefo Letsie and Boyce Maneli cleared of any wrongdoing in VBS bank saga|url=https://ewn.co.za/2022/02/24/anc-s-maphefo-letsie-and-boyce-maneli-cleared-of-any-wrongdoing-in-vbs-bank-saga|access-date=2022-02-24|website=ewn.co.za|language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{People's Assembly (South Africa)|boyce-makhosonke-maneli|Boyce Makhosonke Maneli}}
{{Current MPs of South Africa}}
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