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Godrich Gardee

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Godrich Gardee
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Gardee in 2024
Deputy President of the Economic Freedom Fighters
Assumed office
14 December 2024
PresidentJulius Malema
Preceded byFloyd Shivambu
Secretary-General of the Economic Freedom Fighters
In office
15 December 2014 – 14 December 2019
PresidentJulius Malema
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMarshall Dlamini
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
21 May 2024 – 29 February 2020
Personal details
Political partyEconomic Freedom Fighters
ProfessionPolitician

Godrich Gardee is a South African politician and Deputy President of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). He became involved in politics in 1985[1] and has a Higher National Diploma in Accounting and National Park Auditing.[2]

Gardee was succeeded as Secretary-General by Marshall Dlamini in December 2019. He resigned as an MP on 28 February 2020.[3]

Gardee was elected Deputy President in December 2024.[4]

In May 2022, Gardee's daughter, Hillary Gardee, a 28-year-old IT graduate, was abducted and murdered in Mbombela. Passers-by found her lifeless body several days later at the edge of a forest on a deserted stretch of the Sabie road.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Mr Godrich Ahmed Gardee". People's Assembly. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Pics: EFF'S Godrich Gardee Graduates With LLB!". Daily Sun. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. ^ Mvumvu, Zingisa (10 March 2020). "EFF's Godrich Gardee resigns as MP - party 'not surprised'". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ^ Mafisa, Itumeleng (14 December 2024). "Godrich Gardee replaces Floyd Shivambu as Malema returns for third term as EFF president". The Citizen. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Hillary Gardee: What you need to know about the case and suspects charged with her murder". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 10 May 2022.