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Mfana Robert Mashego is a South African politician who has been the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation in the National Assembly since 2021. A member of the African National Congress, he has been a Member of Parliament since 2019. Mashego is also a member of the South African Communist Party.

Background

Mashego holds a local government certificate, a political school certificate from Walter Sisulu University, a certificate in public administration from the University of Pretoria, a certificate in International Capacity Building and Good Governance from Australia Habitat Studies, a local government and local governance qualification from the University of Johannesburg and a local democracy and local governance qualification from the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization.[1]

Mashego is a former deputy president of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union and a former member of the organisation's provincial executive committee in Gauteng. He also served as the chairperson and as the deputy chairperson of the South African Communist Party in Ekurhuleni.[1]

Parliamentary career

Mashego was elected to the National Assembly in the 2019 general election from the ANC's Gauteng list.[2][3] He served on the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation.

During a virtual committee meeting in April 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, Mashego was criticised for joking that fellow ANC MP Enock Mthethwa's Zoom background, which mainly consisted of whiskey bottles, was making him "thirsty" at a time the sale of alcoholic beverages were prohibited by the national government.[4]

In August 2021, the ANC announced that Mashego would be taking up the role as chairperson of the newly established Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation.[5][6] He was elected unopposed on 31 August.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mr Mfana Robert Mashego - Parliament of South Africa". www.parliament.gov.za. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  3. ^ News, Eyewitness. "Who's nominated for the National Assembly & provincial legislatures?". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 30 September 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "ANC MP shut down during virtual meeting for joking about booze". HeraldLIVE. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ Felix, Jason. "Bongani Bongo gets the chop as ANC reshuffles its parliamentary caucus". News24. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Axe finally falls on Bongani Bongo as ANC shakes up parliamentary caucus". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. ^ Merten, Marianne (2 September 2021). "PARLIAMENT: ANC caucus plays musical chairs to a somewhat discordant tune". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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