Abel Tau

Abel Tau
Abel Tau
President of The Transformation Alliance; Founder of [The Transformation Alliance (TTA)]]
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 01 June 2023
Preceded by	Party founded
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Human Settlements of the City of Tshwane
	In office; 14 December 2021 – 10 November 2022
Mayor	Randall Williams
Member of the Tshwane City Council
	In office; 2 November 2021 – 10 November 2022
Personal details
Born	Soshanguve, Gauteng, South Africa
Political party	The Transformation Alliance (2023-present)
Other political; affiliations	ActionSA (2020–2022); Democratic Alliance (until 2020)
Spouse	Thandi Tau (m. 1999)
Occupation	Politician

Abel Tau is a South African politician. He was the MMC for Human Settlements in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. He was a senior member of ActionSA. He was expelled from the party amid a sexual misconduct scandal. He is married to Thandi Tau

Qualifications

Tau holds a diploma in operations management.[1]

Political career

Democratic Alliance (until 2020)

Abel Tau served as a Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor in the City of Tshwane and the DA's regional chairperson until 2020 when he resigned to join Herman Mashaba's movement - The People's Dialogue.[2] Whilst Tau was still a member of the DA, he served as the MMC for Utility Services and an acting executive mayor in 2019.[3]

ActionSA

Abel Tau was ActionSA's mayoral candidate for the City of Tshwane during the 2021 Local Government elections. He was sworn in as a councillor for ActionSA in the City of Tshwane on 23 November 2021 during the City's inaugural council meeting. He was appointed as the MMC of Housing and Human settlements by Randall Williams on 14 December 2021.[4] Tau served as ActionSA's caucus leader in the Tshwane council until 10 March 2021.[5]

In November 2022, he was expelled from ActionSA after rape allegations were levelled against him.[6]

United Africans Transformation

Tau launched a new political party, United Africans Transformation, on 17 January 2023 as he filed court papers at the North Gauteng High Court to challenge the termination of his ActionSA membership.[7]

Personal life

Tau is married to Nkele Molapo, whose ActionSA membership was terminated in March 2023 after an internal party investigation found that she had shared confidential information about the party with Tau, in violation of the party rules.[8]

References

"ActionSA - A Party for ALL South Africans".
"From John Moodey to Funzela Ngobeni — five DA resignations in 2020".
"Abel Tau, Tshwane mayor, joins Herman Mashaba's new party". 30 July 2020.
"Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams names multi-party mayoral committee".
"Abel Tau resigns as ActionSA caucus leader after 'fallout' with members".
Banda, Michelle (10 November 2022). "COUNCILLOR AXED: Fired— Action SA dumps Abel Tau after internal investigations into sexual assault charges". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
Khumalo, Juniour. "Abel Tau announces new party, heads to the court to challenge expulsion from ActionSA". News24. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
Mahlati, Zintle. "ActionSA terminates Nkele Molapo's membership after finding she shared party info with husband". News24. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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[1] "ActionSA - A Party for ALL South Africans".

[2] "From John Moodey to Funzela Ngobeni — five DA resignations in 2020".

[3] "Abel Tau, Tshwane mayor, joins Herman Mashaba's new party". 30 July 2020.

[4] "Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams names multi-party mayoral committee".

[5] "Abel Tau resigns as ActionSA caucus leader after 'fallout' with members".

[6] Banda, Michelle (10 November 2022). "COUNCILLOR AXED: Fired— Action SA dumps Abel Tau after internal investigations into sexual assault charges". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

[7] Khumalo, Juniour. "Abel Tau announces new party, heads to the court to challenge expulsion from ActionSA". News24. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

[8] Mahlati, Zintle. "ActionSA terminates Nkele Molapo's membership after finding she shared party info with husband". News24. Retrieved 13 March 2023.