Bekizwe Nkosi

Bekizwe Simon "Bheki" Nkosi (born 19 June 1964) is a South African politician who current represents the African National Congress (ANC) as a Member of the National Assembly since 2019. An attorney by training, he was formerly a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1997 to 2012 and he served on the Gauteng Executive Council from 2009 to 2012. He was the deputy president of the ANC Youth League from 1994 to 1996.

Bekizwe Nkosi
MP
Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests
Assumed office
11 September 2019
Serving with Lydia Moshodi
Preceded byHumphrey Maxegwana
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Provincial offices
Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
In office
1997–2012
Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Infrastructure Development
In office
November 2010 – July 2012
PremierNomvula Mokonyane
Preceded byFaith Mazibuko
Succeeded byQedani Mahlangu
Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Roads and Transport
In office
May 2009 – November 2010
PremierNomvula Mokonyane
Preceded byIgnatius Jacobs (for Public Transport, Roads and Works)
Succeeded byIsmail Vadi
Personal details
Born
Bekizwe Simon Nkosi

(1964-06-19) 19 June 1964
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Alma materUniversity of South Africa (LLB, B.Proc)
University of Pretoria (LLM)
OccupationPolitician, attorney

Education

Nkosi has BProc and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of South Africa and a Master of Laws from the University of Pretoria.[1]

Political career

Nkosi is a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He served as the deputy president of the ANC Youth League from 1994 to 1996, under league president Lulu Johnson, and was a member of the party's Provincial Executive Committee in Gauteng from 1997 to 2000.[1] He also served as secretary and chairperson of his regional ANC branch.[1]

Gauteng Provincial Legislature

He represented the ANC in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1997 to 2012.[1] He also served as a Member of the Gauteng Executive Council from 2009 to 2012 under Nomvula Mokonyane, who was then the Premier of Gauteng. Mokonyane appointed Nkosi as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Roads and Transport after the 2009 general election,[2][3] and moved him to the Infrastructure Development portfolio in a reshuffle announced on 2 November 2010.[4] He remained MEC for Infrastructure Development until the next reshuffle in July 2012, when he was dropped from the Executive Council and instead appointed to head the Gauteng Gambling Board.[5]

National Assembly

In the 2019 general election, Nkosi was elected to a seat in the National Assembly,[6] ranked 67th on the ANC's national party list in the 2019 general elections.[7] On 27 June 2019, he was assigned as a member of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation.[8] On 11 September that year, he was also elected as co-chairperson of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests, alongside Lydia Moshodi of the National Council of Provinces.[9] In April 2021, he became a member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry, established to evaluate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office as the Public Protector.[10]

References
  1. "Mr Bekizwe Simon Nkosi". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. "Gauteng Department of Community Safety welcomes new MEC: Elias Khabisi Mosunkutu | South African Government". South African Government. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. "Mokonyane sticks to gender promise". City of Johannesburg. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. "Premier Nomvula Mokonyane announces new Gauteng Cabinet". South African Government. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. "Health MEC takes over from Mmemezi". News24. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. "ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections". Politicsweb. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. "Announcements, tablings and committee reports" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. "Election of Chairperson". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  10. Makinana, Andisiwe (7 April 2021). "Parties deploy heavyweights for Busisiwe Mkhwebane probe". Sowetan. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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