Nthabiseng Khunou

Nthabiseng Pauline Khunou (born 21 December 1969) is a South African politician from the Free State. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2003 to 2019 and formerly served in the Free State Provincial Legislature.

Nthabiseng Khunou
Member of the National Assembly
In office
2003 – 7 May 2019
ConstituencyFree State
Personal details
Born (1969-12-21) 21 December 1969
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Political career

Born on 21 December 1969,[1] Khunou was a student activist and later served as a local councillor in the Motheo District Municipality.[2] In the 1999 general election, she was elected to an ANC seat in the Free State Provincial Legislature.[1] However, she served less than a term in her seat; in 2003, she was transferred to the National Assembly to fill a casual vacancy.[2] She was elected to her first full term in the assembly in the general election of the following year, serving the Free State constituency,[3] and subsequently gained re-election to further terms in 2009 and 2014.[3]

At the outset of her last term in Parliament in 2014, the ANC appointed her as its whip in the Multi-Party Women's Caucus, then chaired by Storey Morutoa.[4] In addition, in 2018, she was elected to chair the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General after the incumbent, Vincent Smith, stepped aside to confront corruption allegations. Khunou was also active in the Free State branch of the ANC Women's League[2] and, as a Christian pastor, in the National Interfaith Leadership Council.[5]

References
  1. "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. "Nthabiseng Pauline Khunou". People's Assembly. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. "This is who'll chair parliamentary committees". Politicsweb. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  5. "Zuma's new God squad wants liberal laws to go". The Mail & Guardian. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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