Tsholofelo Motshidi-Bodlani

South African politician

Tsholofelo Motshidi-Bodlani MP

Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 March 2021
Preceded by	Mike Waters
In office 18 March 2018 – 7 May 2019
Preceded by	Brandon Topham

Personal details
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance
Occupation	Member of Parliament
Profession	Politician

Tsholofelo Katlego Motshidi-Bodlani is a South African politician from Gauteng. She is currently a member of the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance.

Political career

Motshidi-Bodlani had served as a Democratic Alliance councillor in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.^[1] She stood for election to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in the 2014 election as 46th on the DA's list.^[2] Due to the DA's electoral performance, she was not elected.^[3]

On 18 March 2018, Motshidi-Bodlani entered the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, as a replacement for Brandon Topham, a DA MP who had resigned.^[4] She was then named to the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology in October 2018.^[5]

Prior to the 2019 general elections, Motshidi-Bodlani was placed 127th on the DA's National Assembly list, 40th on the DA's Gauteng list of National Assembly candidates, and 30th on the DA's list for the provincial legislature.^[6] She was not elected to parliament or the provincial legislature.^[7]

On 17 March 2021, Motshidi-Bodlani returned to the National Assembly as a replacement for Mike Waters.^[8]

References

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^ "2014 elections: Gauteng results". Politicsweb. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "National Assembly Members" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Ms Tsholofelo Katlego Motshidi-Bodlani". People's Assembly. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ Selfe, James (16 March 2019). "#DALists: One South Africa for All in action". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Here's the full list of politicians who will make up South Africa's 6th Parliament". BusinessTECH. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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