Lorna Maloney

Maloney was born on 28 February 1961.{{cite magazine |date=11 June 1999 |title=General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures |url=https://gazettes.africa/archive/za/1999/za-government-gazette-dated-1999-06-11-no-20203.pdf |magazine=Government Gazette of South Africa |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Government of South Africa |volume=408 |issue=20203 |pages= |access-date=26 March 2021}} She was elected to the National Assembly in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994.{{Cite web |date=24 May 1994 |title=Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly |url=https://www.justice.gov.za/legislation/constitution/history/MINUTES/CA24054.PDF |access-date=2 April 2023 |publisher=Department of Justice and Constitutional Development}} She gained re-election in 1999 and 2004,{{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}} representing the North West constituency from 2004 onwards. She left Parliament after the 2009 general election.

While in Parliament, Maloney acquired a substantial stake in Wesizwe Platinum, a platinum mining company founded in the North West in 2004.{{Cite web |date=16 April 2014 |title=Politician, executive named in Bakubung conflict |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/mining/2014-04-16-politician-executive-named-in-bakubung-conflict/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Business Day |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Setumo |date=7 June 2016 |title=Will new chief be able to convince IDC to release R100m to Ledig community? |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/will-new-chief-be-able-to-convince-idc-to-release-r100m-to-ledig-community-20160606 |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=City Press |language=en-US}} In 2007, she held 12.25 million shares in the company, worth about R113 million in total; Destiny estimated that this made her among the richest women in South Africa.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-26 |title=No hiding from Destiny |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2007-10-26-no-hiding-from-destiny/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}

After she left Parliament, Maloney remained active in the ANC's branch in the North West. Ahead of the 2021 local elections, she chaired the party's provincial list committee, which selected nominees to represent the party in local councils. In this capacity, she clashed severely with interim ANC provincial head Hlomane Chauke, whom she accused of complicity in misconduct.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-07 |title=ANC North West committee speaks out against ‘manipulative’ leadership headed by Chauke |url=https://mg.co.za/politics/2021-12-07-anc-north-west-chauke-led-manipulative-leadership/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-04 |title=ANC orders removal of North West municipal representatives |url=https://mg.co.za/politics/2022-02-04-anc-north-west-interim-provincial-committee-orders-removal-of-illegitimate-municipal-representatives/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}

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