Nyambeni George Ramaremisa (born 1 April 1947) is a South African politician and retired colonel from Limpopo. He represented the National Party (NP) in the National Assembly during the first democratic Parliament from 1994 to 1999. He later represented the Democratic Alliance (DA) as a local councillor in Limpopo. During apartheid, he was a member of Venda's military government.
George Ramaremisa | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office May 1994 – June 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nyambeni George Ramaremisa 1 April 1947 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
| Other political affiliations | |
Early life and career edit
Ramaremisa was born on 1 April 1947.[1] He is a retired colonel and a former member of the Council of National Unity, the military government of the Venda Defence Force that ruled the Venda Bantustan during the final years of apartheid.[2]
Political career edit
In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Ramaremisa stood as a candidate for the NP and gained election to a seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament.[3] While in Parliament, he was a strident critic of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Bill, which aimed to broaden access to abortion.[4]
Ramaremisa stood for re-election in 1999, ranked second on the NNP's regional list for Limpopo (then still called the Northern Province),[1] but the NNP did win gain any seats in the Limpopo caucus.[5] In the same election, he stood for election to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, also ranked second for the NNP,[1] but the party only gained one seat in the province.[5] In the local elections held the following year, he stood for the NNP – by way of the Democratic Alliance – as a mayoral candidate in Limpopo's Thohoyandou Municipality. He initially ran against Samson Ndou of the African National Congress, though Ndou was later replaced by local headman Norman Makumbane.[6] Ramaremisa was sworn in as a local councillor after the election,[7] but he was not elected mayor.
References edit
- ^ a b c "General Notice: Electoral Commission Notice 1113 of 1999 – Final List of Candidates" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 26 May 1999. p. 242. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Who kills a defenceless pensioner?". Limpopo Mirror. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994. International Republican Institute. 1994. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Yumpu.
- ^ Johnson, Rachel E. (2014). "Haunted by the Somatic Norm: South African Parliamentary Debates on Abortion in 1975 and 1996". Signs. 39 (2): 485–508. doi:10.1086/673126. ISSN 0097-9740. JSTOR 10.1086/673126. S2CID 143589459.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "blow-by-blow guide to the local elections". The Mail & Guardian. 1 December 2000. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "Black DA leader 'threatened by farmer'". IOL. 22 December 2000. Retrieved 12 May 2023.