Jacob Khawe

Khawe is a member of the African National Congress (ANC); his local party branch is in Vanderbijlpark in Gauteng.{{Cite web |last=Masuabi |first=Queenin |date=2022-07-14 |title=Former ANC Gauteng secretary Jacob Khawe vows to continue serving the party despite botched re-election bid |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-07-14-jacob-khawe-vows-to-continue-serving-anc-after-botched-re-election-bid/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} By 2010, he was the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC Youth League's Gauteng branch.{{Cite web |date=7 May 2010 |title=Voting starts at ANC Gauteng conference |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2010-05-07-voting-starts-at-anc-gauteng-conference/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Sunday Times |language=en-ZA}} In that year, the provincial league nominated him to stand for election as Deputy Provincial Secretary of the mainstream ANC in Gauteng,{{Cite web |date=30 April 2010 |title=ANCYL Gauteng to lobby for Mokonyane |url=https://www.polity.org.za/article/ancyl-gauteng-to-lobby-for-mokonyane-2010-04-30 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Polity |language=en}} but the position went to Humphrey Mmemezi instead.{{Cite web |date=2010-05-08 |title=Mashatile retains position as ANC chairperson |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2010-05-08-mashatile-retains-position-as-anc-chairperson/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}} By 2013, Khawe was a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and chaired its committee on public safety.{{Cite web |date=26 August 2013 |title=Gauteng police seek new chief as Petros quits |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2013-08-26-gauteng-police-seek-new-chief-as-petros-quits/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Business Day |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |title=Jacob Khawe |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/khawe-jacob/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}} He was re-elected to his legislative seat in the 2014 general election, in which he was ranked 20th on the ANC's party list in Gauteng.

However, he did not complete his term in the legislature: in December 2017, he was sworn in as the Executive Mayor of Emfuleni Local Municipality, succeeding the controversial Simon Mofokeng.{{Cite web |date=2017-12-06 |title=New mayor of Emfuleni municipality mayor 'up to the task' |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/jacob-kawe-faces-a-tough-road-ahead-as-new-mayor-of-emfuleni-municipality/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=SABC News |language=en-US}} The ANC Youth League later congratulated Khawe on turning the municipality around, while the Daily Maverick's Qaanitah Hunter labelled his turnaround campaign a "notorious" failure.{{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=Qaanitah |date=2018-07-22 |title=David Makhura's unopposed ANC Gauteng victory – another beginning, another election to be fought |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-07-23-david-makhuras-unopposed-anc-gauteng-victory-another-beginning-another-election-to-be-fought/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} In early June 2018, it was reported that Khawe had resigned as Mayor in response to the provincial ANC's decision to allow the provincial government to intervene in the governance of the municipality.{{Cite web |date=4 June 2018 |title=Emfuleni mayor resigns after municipality placed under administration |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/emfuleni-mayor-resigns-after-municipality-placed-under-administration-20180604 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} Days later, however, the ANC announced that it had not accepted Khawe's resignation and that Khawe continued in the mayoral office.{{Cite web |date=8 June 2018 |title=ANC says Emfuleni mayor back on the job |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/anc-says-emfuleni-mayor-back-on-the-job-20180608 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}

Khawe's supporters alleged that the decision to authorise provincial intervention in Emfuleni was part of a political campaign against Khawe amid his campaign to succeed Hope Papo as Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Gauteng branch.{{Cite web |date=31 May 2018 |title=Battle within ANC Gauteng structures turns nasty ahead of elective conference |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/battle-within-anc-gauteng-structures-turns-nasty-ahead-of-elective-conference-20180531 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} Khawe's candidacy was endorsed by the provincial ANC Youth League{{Cite web |last=Feketha |first=Siviwe |date=5 June 2018 |title=Gauteng ANCYL challenges premier |url=https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/gauteng-ancyl-challenges-premier-15321589 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=IOL |language=en}} and by the ANC's large regional branch in Ekurhuleni.{{Cite web |date=20 July 2018 |title=Last-minute horse trading by ANC Gauteng factions |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-07-20-last-minute-horse-trading-by-anc-gauteng-factions/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Sowetan |language=en-ZA}} He was viewed as strongly aligned to a slate of candidates headed by Lebogang Maile; News24 said that both Khawe and Maile were rumoured to have the support of Paul Mashatile, who was formerly the ANC's longstanding Provincial Chairperson in Gauteng.

When the party's provincial elective conference was held in July 2018, Khawe won in a vote to be elected ANC Provincial Secretary; he was deputised by Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, who had also run on Maile's slate, although Maile himself failed to gain election as Deputy Provincial Chairperson.{{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=Qaanitah |date=21 July 2018 |title=Panyaza Lesufi elected deputy chairperson of ANC in Gauteng |url=https://ewn.co.za/2018/07/21/top-positions-of-anc-gauteng-provincial-conference-announced |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=EWN |language=en}} Several months after his election to the full-time party office, Khawe resigned as Emfuleni mayor.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2018 |title=Emfuleni mayor resigns |url=https://www.enca.com/news/emfuleni-mayor-resigns |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=eNCA |language=en}}

In April 2022, near the end of Khawe's term as ANC Provincial Secretary, his wife Nthabeleng alleged on social media that he had physically abused her regularly since they married in December 2020. At a special meeting, the leadership of the Gauteng ANC resolved to refer the allegations for further investigation by the party's national Integrity Commission.{{Cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Senior ANC leader pushed aside on allegations of gender-based violence |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/politics/2022-04-27-senior-anc-leader-pushed-aside-on-allegations-of-gender-based-violence/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Business Day |language=en-ZA}} Although he agreed to cooperate with the internal ANC inquiry, Khawe denied the allegations, and, since no criminal charge had been laid against him, he was not required by party policy to "step aside". However, he requested, and was granted, special leave from his party office. Nkomo-Ralehoko, as his deputy, assumed his duties in an acting capacity.{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=27 April 2022 |title=Gauteng ANC secretary Jacob Khawe takes special leave amid abuse probe by party |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/gauteng-anc-secretary-jacob-khawe-takes-special-leave-amid-abuse-probe-by-party-20220427 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} On 1 June 2022, David Makhura, then the ANC's Provincial Chairperson in Gauteng, announced that the ANC's national Integrity Commission had made no finding about Khawe's conduct and had referred the matter back to the provincial party, which had cleared Khawe to return to work.{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=1 June 2022 |title=Jacob Khawe back at work as ANC integrity commission declines to probe wife abuse claims |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/jacob-khawe-back-at-work-as-anc-integrity-commission-declines-to-probe-wife-abuse-claims-20220601 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}

As the expiry of his term approached, Khawe announced that he would seek re-election as ANC Provincial Secretary. Also in the race was Thulani Kunene, who ran on a slate aligned to presidential contestant Panyaza Lesufi, and Thembinkosi Nciza, who ran on a slate aligned to Lebogang Maile. Khawe said that he hoped to emerge as a compromise candidate acceptable to both factions.{{Cite web |last=Madisa |first=Kgothatso |date=21 June 2022 |title=Jacob Khawe the third way in Gauteng ANC contest? |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2022-06-21-jacob-khawe-the-third-way-in-gauteng-anc-contest/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Sunday Times |language=en-ZA}} However, when the party elective conference was held in June 2022, Khawe was resoundingly defeated, earning only 56 votes against Kunene's 525 votes and Nciza's 534.{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=27 June 2022 |title='Unity' top five emerges at ANC Gauteng conference as Lesufi takes top post |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/unity-top-five-emerges-at-anc-gauteng-conference-as-lesufi-takes-top-post-20220627 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} He also failed to gain election as an ordinary member of the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee.

Khawe was formerly married to fellow Gauteng politicians Khusela Diko (née Sangoni) and, until her death in November 2019, Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe.{{Cite web |last=Mdakane |first=Bongane |date=13 December 2020 |title=Third time's a charm for ANC boss |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/trending/third-times-a-charm-for-anc-boss-20201212 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=City Press |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=30 July 2020 |title=Acting health MEC to be appointed for Gauteng as Bandile Masuku temporarily steps aside |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2020-07-30-acting-health-mec-to-be-appointed-for-gauteng-as-bandile-masuku-temporarily-steps-aside/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Sunday Times |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |last=Tefu |first=Nyakallo |date=2 November 2019 |title=Gauteng Social Development MEC Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe dies |url=https://ewn.co.za/2019/11/02/gauteng-social-development-mec-thuliswa-nkabinde-khawe-dies |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=EWN |language=en}} In December 2020, he married his third wife, Nthabeleng Khabutlana, a businesswoman from the Free State.{{Cite web |last=Malatji |first=Ngwako |date=2020-12-14 |title=Smitten Gauteng ANC provincial secretary Khawe gives love another chance |url=https://sundayworld.co.za/news/smitten-gauteng-anc-provincial-secretary-khawe-gives-love-another-chance/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Sunday World |language=en-ZA}}

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