Lebogang Maile
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| office = Gauteng MEC for Finance and Economic Development
| premier = Panyaza Lesufi
| term_start = 3 July 2024
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| office1 = Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements and Infrastructure Development
| premier1 = Panyaza Lesufi
| term_start1 = 7 October 2022
| term_end1 = 14 June 2024
| predecessor1 = Office established
| successor1 = Office abolished
| office2 = Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
| premier2 = David Makhura
| term_start2 = 30 May 2019
| term_end2 = 6 October 2022
| predecessor2 = Dikgang Moiloa (for Human Settlements and Local Government)
| successor2 = Office abolished
| office3 = Gauteng MEC for Economic Development
| premier3 = David Makhura
| term_start3 = 23 May 2014
| term_end3 = 29 May 2019
| predecessor3 = Mxolisi Eric Xayiya
| successor3 = Kgosientso Ramokgopa
| office4 = Gauteng MEC for Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation
| premier4 = Nomvula Mokonyane
| term_start4 = 3 November 2010
| term_end4 = 22 May 2014
| predecessor4 = Nelisiwe Mbatha-Mthimkhulu
| successor4 = Molebatsi Bopape
| office5 = Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
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Lebogang Isaac Maile (born 26 December 1979) is a South African politician currently serving as Gauteng's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance and Economic Development. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he has served in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since May 2009 and in the Gauteng Executive Council since 2010.
Maile is a former president of the Congress of South African Students and chaired the Gauteng branch of the ANC Youth League from 2010 to 2013. In subsequent years he held the portfolios of MEC for Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation from November 2010 to May 2014; MEC for Economic Development from May 2014 to May 2019; and MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from May 2019 until October 2022, when he was appointed MEC for Human Settlements and Infrastructure Development. In July 2024, he became the MEC for Finance and Economic Development.
Early life and education
Maile was born on 26 December 1979.{{Cite web |title=Lebogang Isaac Maile: Profile |url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/profile/id/4879/Lebogang_Maile |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Africa Confidential |language=en}} He grew up in Alexandra{{Cite web |date=17 August 2010 |title=Maile urged to try for presidency |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2010-08-16-maile-urged-to-try-for-presidency/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Sunday Times |language=en-ZA}} and matriculated at Crawford College in Johannesburg.{{Cite web |date=2011-01-14 |title=Meet Malema's new rival |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2011-01-14-meet-malemas-new-rival/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}} His brother is Mike Maile.{{Cite web |last=Grootes |first=Stephen |date=2011-06-07 |title=ANC Youth League: The Malema steamroller keeps rolling |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-06-07-anc-youth-league-the-malema-steamroller-keeps-rolling/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} He obtained a tertiary certificate in intergovernmental relations and a diploma in public relations,{{cite web |date=24 May 2014 |title=The new Gauteng cabinet – David Makhura |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/archive/the-new-gauteng-cabinet--david-makhura |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530141558/https://www.politicsweb.co.za/archive/the-new-gauteng-cabinet--david-makhura |archivedate=30 May 2019 |accessdate=28 July 2020 |website=Politicsweb}} and in April 2017 graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a certificate in leadership and governance.{{cite web |date=21 April 2017 |title=Gauteng Legislature members graduate from Wits University |url=https://www.gov.za/speeches/wits-university-21-apr-2017-0000 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806183812/https://www.gov.za/speeches/wits-university-21-apr-2017-0000 |archivedate=6 August 2017 |accessdate=28 July 2020 |website=Government of South Africa}} In October 2023, Maile was conferred with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of South Africa.{{Cite web |title=Never too young to lead — Gauteng MEC graduates at Unisa |url=https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/News/Articles/Never-too-young-to-lead-Gauteng-MEC-graduates-at-Unisa |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=www.unisa.ac.za}}
Political career
From 1996 to 2000, Maile served as the President of the Congress of South African Students. He was succeeded in that office by Julius Malema.{{Cite book |last=Forde |first=Fiona |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/751237532 |title=An Inconvenient Youth: Julius Malema and the "New" ANC |date=2011 |publisher=Picador Africa |isbn=978-1-77010-197-5 |location=Johannesburg |page=74 |oclc=751237532}} He was later chair of the Gauteng Youth Commission between 2006 and 2009.{{cite web |date=2 June 2019 |title=Meet the New Gauteng Cabinet |url=https://www.gep.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/MEC-ANNOUNCEMENT-NEWSFLASH-1.pdf |accessdate=28 July 2020 |website=Gauteng Newsflash}}
= Provincial legislature: 2009–2010 =
Pursuant to the 2009 election, he was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on the party list of the African National Congress (ANC). He was assigned to the legislature's committees on education, finance and scrutiny, and subordinate legislation.
Maile was also a prominent member of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in Gauteng; his local party branch was in Centurion. News24 reported that he played a critical role at the mainstream ANC's Gauteng provincial elective conference in May 2010, lobbying ANCYL branches to back Paul Mashatile's successful bid for re-election as ANC Provincial Chairperson.{{Cite web |date=7 November 2010 |title=Power falls to Paul in Gauteng |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/power-falls-to-paul-in-gauteng-20150429 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}
On 15 August 2010, Maile was elected Provincial Chairperson of the Gauteng ANCYL, with Simon Molefe as his deputy.{{cite web |date=15 August 2010 |title=Lebogang Maile elected ANCYL Gauteng chairperson |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/party/lebogang-maile-elected-ancyl-gauteng-chairperson |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728125422/https://www.politicsweb.co.za/party/lebogang-maile-elected-ancyl-gauteng-chairperson |archivedate=28 July 2020 |accessdate=28 July 2020 |website=Politicsweb}} According to the Sunday Times, Maile's campaign was backed unofficially by Mashatile, while the other candidate, Thabo Kupa, had the support of Julius Malema, then the ANCYL President, and of Nomvula Mokonyane, then the Premier of Gauteng.{{cite news |date=15 August 2010 |title=Lebogang Maile elected ANCYL Gauteng chair |newspaper=Sunday Times |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2010-08-15-lebogang-maile-elected-ancyl-gauteng-chair/ |accessdate=28 July 2020}}{{Cite web |date=12 August 2010 |title=Maile and Kupa to fight it out for Gauteng leadership |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2010-08-12-maile-and-kupa-to-fight-it-out-for-gauteng-leadership/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Sowetan |language=en-ZA}}
= Executive Council: 2010–2022 =
== Mokonyane premiership: 2010–2014 ==
In November 2010, Premier Mokonyane appointed Maile to her Executive Council as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation.{{cite news |last1=Ndaba |first1=Baldwin |date=2 November 2010 |title=Mokonyane wields the axe |work=IOL |agency= |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/mokonyane-wields-the-axe-701008 |accessdate=28 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728125720/https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/mokonyane-wields-the-axe-701008 |archivedate=28 July 2020}} He was appointed alongside Ntombi Mekgwe and Humphrey Mmemezi, who were also considered "long-time loyalists" of Paul Mashatile, and it was widely believed that the provincial ANC under Mashatile's leadership had forced Mokonyane to make the appointments.{{Cite web |date=2010-11-05 |title=Much arm twisting over Gauteng cabinet |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2010-11-05-much-arm-twisting-over-gauteng-cabinet/ |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}
The following year, Maile was considered a contender for the post of national ANCYL President.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-18 |title='Zuma wants Maile to challenge Malema' |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2011-02-18-zuma-wants-maile-to-challenge-malema/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |date=2011-06-10 |title=ANC leaders 'meddle with youth league' |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2011-06-10-anc-leaders-meddle-with-youth-league/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}{{cite news |last1=Rossouw |first1=Mandy |title=ANC Youth League leader showdown |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2011-06-03-anc-youth-league-leader-showdown/ |accessdate=28 July 2020 |newspaper=Mail & Guardian |date=3 June 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606074328/https://mg.co.za/article/2011-06-03-anc-youth-league-leader-showdown/ |archivedate=6 June 2011}} At the league's elective conference in June 2011, he declined a nomination to stand for the position, leaving Malema to stand for re-election unopposed.{{cite news |date=17 June 2011 |title=Malema re-elected as ANCYL leader |newspaper=News24 |location= |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/malema-re-elected-as-ancyl-leader-20110617 |accessdate=28 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622113940/https://www.news24.com/News24/malema-re-elected-as-ancyl-leader-20110617 |archivedate=22 June 2020}} In late 2013, Maile left his provincial ANCYL office when the league's national leadership disbanded the provincial leadership corps;{{Cite web |date=2013-09-30 |title=ANCYL national task team faces its biggest test yet |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2013-09-30-ancyl-ntt-faces-biggest-test-yet/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}} Matome Chiloane succeeded him as ANCYL Provincial Chairperson in August 2014.{{Cite web |date=18 August 2014 |title=ANCYL Gauteng elects new leaders |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/ancyl-gauteng-elects-new-leaders-20140818 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}
== Makhura premiership: 2014–2022 ==
In the 2014 general election, Maile was re-elected to the provincial legislature, ranked sixth on the ANC's party list.{{Cite web |title=Lebogang Maile |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/maile-lebogang/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}} Newly elected Premier David Makhura retained him in the Executive Council but moved him to the Economic Development portfolio.{{cite news |date=23 May 2014 |title=New Gauteng premier appoints executive council |newspaper=News24 |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/New-Gauteng-premier-appoints-executive-council-20140523 |accessdate=28 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728131154/https://www.news24.com/News24/New-Gauteng-premier-appoints-executive-council-20140523 |archivedate=28 July 2020}} He remained in that portfolio throughout the legislative term.
He was also elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the Gauteng ANC from 2014 to 2018.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-04 |title=Maile: I’m not a robot for Mashatile |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-05-04-00-maile-im-not-a-robot-for-mashatile/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |date=1 July 2018 |title=ANC elects new leadership in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/politics/2018-07-01-anc-elects-new-leadership-in-johannesburg-and-ekurhuleni/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Business Day |language=en-ZA}} Towards the end of the term, in June 2018, he stood unsuccessfully for election as Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the Gauteng ANC: he lost narrowly to fellow MEC Panyaza Lesufi, earning 601 votes to Lesufi's 623.{{Cite web |date=21 July 2018 |title=Panyaza Lesufi wins Gauteng ANC deputy chair position |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-07-21-panyaza-lesufi-wins-gauteng-anc-deputy-chair-position/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=Sunday Times |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |date=2018-07-21 |title=Lesufi elected to ANC Gauteng’s second most powerful position |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-07-21-lesufi-elected-to-anc-gautengs-second-most-powerful-position/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}} Maile was, however, re-elected to the ANC Provincial Executive Committee.{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=24 June 2022 |title=Lesufi vs Maile: ANC Gauteng conference gets under way as leadership slates firm up |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/lesufi-vs-maile-anc-gauteng-conference-gets-under-way-as-leadership-slates-firm-up-20220624 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}
In the 2019 Gauteng provincial election, Maile was ranked fourth on the ANC's party list and was re-elected to the legislature. In Makhura's second-term Executive Council, he was appointed MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, a new portfolio.{{cite news |date=29 May 2019 |title=Meet Gauteng's new MECs |newspaper=Sunday Times |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-05-29-meet-gautengs-new-mecs/ |accessdate=28 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529182043/https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-05-29-meet-gautengs-new-mecs/ |archivedate=29 May 2019}}
As early as February 2021,{{Cite web |last=Matlala |first=George |date=2021-02-08 |title=Lebo Maile touted to replace David Makhura |url=https://sundayworld.co.za/breaking-news/maile-touted-to-replace-makhura/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Sunday World |language=en-ZA}} Maile was touted as a possible contender to succeed Makhura as ANC Provincial Chairperson at the next party provincial conference in June 2022.{{Cite web |date=5 August 2021 |title=Who runs Gauteng? |url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/13517/Who_runs_Gauteng |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Africa Confidential |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=22 June 2022 |title='I am not corrupt, I am not part of Alex mafia' - Lebogang Maile makes play for ANC Gauteng top job |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/i-am-not-corrupt-i-am-not-part-of-alex-mafia-lebogang-maile-makes-play-for-anc-gauteng-top-job-20220622 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} Support for his campaign was strongest in the Tshwane region of Gauteng.{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=26 June 2022 |title=ANC Gauteng conference: Voting resumes as Lesufi and Maile face off |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/anc-gauteng-conference-voting-resumes-as-lesufi-and-maile-face-off-20220626 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=24 June 2022 |title=Lesufi vs Maile: ANC Gauteng conference gets under way as leadership slates firm up |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/lesufi-vs-maile-anc-gauteng-conference-gets-under-way-as-leadership-slates-firm-up-20220624 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} As in 2018, Maile ran against Panyaza Lesufi. According to the Daily Maverick, ahead of the conference, Paul Mashatile attempted unsuccessfully to broker a compromise between Maile and Lesufi, which would have seen Maile elected Deputy Chairperson under Lesufi.{{Cite web |last=Masuabi |first=Queenin |date=2022-06-27 |title=Maile loses to Lesufi for ANC chair in Gauteng, but allies gain powerful secretariat positions |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-06-27-maile-loses-to-lesufi-for-anc-chair-gauteng-but-allies-gain-secretariat-positions/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} The contest went to a vote in which Lesufi again beat Maile narrowly, receiving 575 votes to Maile's 543.{{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/southafrica/politics/unity-top-five-emerges-at-anc-gauteng-conference-as-lesufi-takes-top-post-20220627 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} Maile was re-elected to a third term on the Provincial Executive Committee.{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |date=11 July 2022 |title=Bandile Masuku, Khusela Diko make a comeback as ANC Gauteng elects PEC |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/bandile-masuku-khusela-diko-make-a-comeback-as-anc-gauteng-elects-pec-20220711 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}
== Lesufi premiership: 2022 ==
In the aftermath of the ANC conference, Lesufi succeeded Makhura as Premier and on 7 October 2022 announced a reshuffle in which Maile was appointed MEC in the newly created Human Settlements and Infrastructure Development portfolio.{{Cite web |last=Nemakonde |first=Vhahangwele |date=2022-10-07 |title=Lesufi reshuffles Gauteng's Cabinet: Here are the new members |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/lesufi-reshuffles-gautengs-cabinet-here-are-the-new-members/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=The Citizen |language=en}} Following the 2024 provincial election, Lesufi appointed him MEC for the newly established Finance and Economic Development portfolio.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-03 |title=Lesufi announces 7 MECs from ANC, 3 from other parties|url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/955833-2/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Maile is Pedi and a polyglot.{{cite news |title=My Cultural Life: Lebogang Maile |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2011-03-25-my-cultural-life-lebogang-maile/ |accessdate=28 July 2020 |newspaper=Mail & Guardian |date=25 March 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329044124/https://mg.co.za/article/2011-03-25-my-cultural-life-lebogang-maile/ |archivedate=29 March 2014}} He is married.{{cite news |title=Gauteng Sports Awards |url=https://germistoncitynews.co.za/7824/gauteng-sports-awards/ |accessdate=28 July 2020 |newspaper=Germiston City News |date=16 July 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/lebogang-maile Lebogang Maile, Mr] at South African Government
- {{People's Assembly (South Africa)|maile-lebogang/|Mr Lebogang Maile}}
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