Joyce Maluleke

Boitumelo Joyce Maluleke (25 April 1961 – 16 July 2021) was a South African politician. She served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2015 until her death from COVID-19 related complications in 2021. Maluleke was a member of the African National Congress.

Boitumelo Joyce Maluleke
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
23 June 2015 – 16 July 2021
Preceded byPolly Boshielo
ConstituencyLimpopo
Personal details
Born25 April 1961
Died16 July 2021(2021-07-16) (aged 60)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress (Until 2021)
ProfessionPolitician

Political career

Maluleke had been an African National Congress member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. She served as chairperson of the education committee.[1] She was ranked 17th on the ANC's regional to national list prior to the 2014 parliamentary election.[2] The ANC won only 16 regional seats in the province, declining Maluleke a seat in the National Assembly.[3] She did not return to the provincial legislature.[4]

In 2015, Polly Boshielo resigned from the National Assembly. The ANC chose Maluleke to take up her seat since she was next on the list.[5] She was then named to the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. In 2018, she became a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality.[4]

Maluleke was thirteenth on the ANC's regional list for the parliamentary election on May 8, 2019.[6] She was elected to a full term in parliament in the election.[7] In June, she was named to the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation and the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and People with Disabilities.[8] Maluleke became a member of the committee on the Powers and Privileges of Parliament in September 2019.[4]

Death

Maluleke died from COVID-19 related complications on 16 July 2021.[9] Her husband also succumbed to COVID-19-related complications the following day.[10]

References
  1. @ANCParliament (17 July 2021). "For Immediate Release 17 July 2021 ANC MOURNS PASSING OF ANC MP, COMRADE JOYCE MALULEKE" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "African National Congress Regional Limpopo Election List 2014 (Election List)". People's Assembly. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. "2014 National Election: Seat Calculation - Seats Reports" (PDF). Centurion, South Africa: Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. "Experience: Boitumelo Joyce Maluleke". People's Assembly. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. "LIST OF MEMBERS - Parliamentary Monitoring Group" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. "ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections". Politicsweb. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. "Announcements, tablings and committee reports" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  9. Persens, Lizell (17 July 2021). "ANC MP Joyce Maluleke succumbs to COVID-related illness". EWN. Cape Town. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. "Late ANC MP Maluleke's husband dies a day after she succumbed to COVID-19".
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