Rembuluwani Moses Tseli is a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2014 until 2019, representing the African National Congress. Tseli had previously been the chief whip of the Makhado Local Municipality.
Rembuluwani Tseli | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 6 May 2014 – 7 May 2019 | |
| Constituency | Limpopo |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse | Shonisani Tseli (died 2020) |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Politician |
Career edit
Tseli worked as a manager responsible for special programmes of the Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism. He is a former chairperson of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) in Limpopo. Tseli was also the regional secretary of an ANC region in the province. In 2004, Tseli was employed as a spokesperson of the then-MEC for Economic Development Collins Chabane. Before his election to parliament, he was chief whip of the Makhado Local Municipality.[1]
Parliamentary career edit
Tseli was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2014 general election.[1] Having entered parliament, he became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies and the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises.[2]
In February 2018, Tseli in his capacity as acting chairperson of the communications committee, called for more public participation as the committee was processing the Films and Publications Amendment Bill.[3] In November of the same year, Tseli said that he was not in favour of any retrenchments at the SABC.[4] He supported the removal of Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) chairperson Rubben Mohlaloga from his position in March 2019.[5]
Tseli left parliament after the 2019 general election, having not been an ANC parliamentary candidate.[2]
Personal life edit
Tseli was married to Shonisani Tseli. She died after a short illness in March 2020. They had three children together.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b DV (2014-05-23). "Former Chief Whip now in parliament". Limpopo Mirror. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ a b "Rembuluwani Moses Tseli". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "MPs want public input on Internet 'censorship bill' - TechCentral". 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "MPs tell SABC board it needs to audit jobs and skills before retrenching". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ Diemen, Ethan Van. "National Assembly unanimously approves report to remove convicted fraudster as Icasa chair". News24. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Zoutnet | News | Wife of former MP buried". zoutnet.co.za. Retrieved 2023-05-24.