Elleck Nchabeleng
{{Short description|South African politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
| termstart = 23 May 2019
| honorific_suffix = MP
| party = African National Congress
| citizenship = South Africa
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly
| constituency1 = Limpopo
| termstart1 = 6 May 2009
| termend1 = 7 May 2019
| office2 = Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| termstart2 = May 2004
| termend2 = May 2009
| relations = Peter Nchabeleng (father)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|07|29|df=yes}}
| birth_name = Mamagase Elleck Nchabeleng
}}
Mamagase Elleck Nchabeleng (born 29 July 1958) is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Council of Provinces since 2019. He co-chairs Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Defence and chairs the Select Committee on Education, Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture. A former anti-apartheid activist who spent time on Robben Island, he formerly served in the National Assembly from 2009 to 2019 and in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature from 2004 to 2009.
Early life and activism
Nchabeleng was born on 29 July 1958{{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}} and is the son of Peter Nchabeleng, who was a prominent ANC and trade union activist in Sekhukhuneland in present-day Limpopo province.{{Cite journal |last=Van Kessel |first=Ineke |date=1993 |title='From Confusion to Lusaka': The Youth Revolt in Sekhukhuneland |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2636990 |journal=Journal of Southern African Studies |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=602 |jstor=2636990 |issn=0305-7070}}{{Cite web |date=21 June 2013 |title=Polishing labour changes |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/financial-mail/20130621/281771331756906 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Financial Mail |via=PressReader}} From 1976 to 1984, Elleck was imprisoned on Robben Island on charges related to his own ANC activity. After his release, he remained active in anti-apartheid organising in the Northern Transvaal and then in Johannesburg. He has a diploma in rural development planning from St. Francis Xavier University.{{Cite web |title=Mamagase Elleck Nchabeleng |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/mamagase-elleck-nchabeleng/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}}
Legislative career: 2004–present
Nchabeleng represented the ANC in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature from 2004 to 2009. In the 2009 general election, he was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament. In February 2011, he was additionally elected to chair the Assembly's Portfolio Committee on Labour.{{Cite web |date=8 February 2011 |title=Parliament completes election of new chairpersons |url=https://www.gov.za/parliament-completes-election-new-chairpersons |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=South African Government}} He was re-elected to his seat in the 2014 general election, ranked fifth on the ANC's provincial-to-national party list for Limpopo.
In the 2019 general election, he was elected to an ANC seat in the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of Parliament. After the election, he was elected to chair the Select Committee on Education, Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture.{{Cite web |date=26 June 2019 |title=Election of Committee Chairperson |url=https://pmg.org.za/committee-meeting/28437/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Parliamentary Monitoring Group |language=en}} He also became Co-Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, serving alongside Cyril Xaba of the National Assembly.{{Cite web |date=12 September 2021 |title=Q&A with defence committee co-chair Elleck Nchabeleng |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/opinion-and-analysis/2021-09-12-qa-with-defence-committee-co-chair-elleck-nchabeleng/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Sunday Times |language=en-ZA}}
References
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External links
- {{People's Assembly (South Africa)|mamagase-elleck-nchabeleng|Mr Mamagase Elleck Nchabeleng}}
- [https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/419 Mamagase Elleck Nchabeleng] at Parliament of South Africa
{{Permanent delegates of the National Council of Provinces}}
Category:Members of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Category:African National Congress politicians
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Category:Members of the National Council of Provinces
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2014–2019
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2009–2014