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Peace Mabe

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Peace Mabe
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
24 February 2017
In office
21 May 2014 – 6 August 2016
Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces
In office
7 May 2009 – 21 April 2014
Personal details
Born
Bertha Peace Mabe

(1976-09-18) 18 September 1976 (age 48)
Magaliesburg, Transvaal Province, South African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Bertha Peace Mabe (born 18 September 1976) is a South African politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since February 2017. She previously served in the National Assembly from May 2014 until August 2016. She served as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Gauteng between May 2009 and April 2014. Mabe is a member of the African National Congress and the party's unsuccessful 2016 Mogale City mayoral candidate.

Early life and education

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Mabe was born on 18 September 1976 in Magaliesburg, West Rand in the former Transvaal Province.[1] She studied at the University of Pretoria, where she obtained a bachelor's degree and an honours degree in public administration.[1]

Political career

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Mabe is a member of the African National Congress. Following the 2009 general election, Mabe was elected as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Gauteng.[1] She was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 7 May 2009. She served as chairperson of the legislature's Select Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities.[1]

After the 2014 general election, Mabe was sworn in as a Member of the National Assembly.[1] The ANC selected her as their candidate for chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Administration.[2] She was elected chairperson on 25 June 2014.[3]

In June 2016, the ANC nominated her as their mayoral candidate for Mogale City ahead of the 2016 municipal elections.[4] The ANC lost their majority on the council and Mabe lost to the Democratic Alliance's Lynn Pannall by just one vote on 18 August.[5] She resigned as a councillor on 23 August.[6] On 31 August, the Economic Freedom Fighters opened a fraud case against Mabe, because she was sworn in as a councillor despite her failing to resign as a Member of Parliament, as required by the constitution.[7] Parliament later announced that her membership ceased on 6 August 2016, in accordance to section 47(3)(a) of the Constitution. Mabe returned to Parliament on 24 February 2017.[8]

She was re-elected in May 2019 and now serves as co-chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ms Bertha Peace Mabe". People's Assembly. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Carrim heads to Parliament's finance committee". BusinessTECH. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Election of Chairperson". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  4. ^ "WATCH: ANC introduces Gauteng mayoral candidates". eNCA. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ^ ten Doeschate, Ghia (18 August 2016). "[WATCH] And the new Mayor of Mogale City is…". Krugersdorp News. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Sanco believes the ANC will recover Mogale". Krugersdorp News. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. ^ "EFF opens up case of fraud against Peace Mabe". The SowetanLIVE. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  8. ^ "OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 6 September 2020. Ms B P Mabe (ANC – GP) lost her membership in terms of section 47(3)(a) of the Constitution wef 6 August 2016. Replaced by Ms B P Mabe wef 24 February 2017.
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