Shadrack Tlhaole
MPL
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
1 February 2017 – 31 October 2017
Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
14 November 2017
Personal details
Born
Shadrack Lapologang Tlhaole
NationalitySouth African
Political partyEconomic Freedom Fighters
OccupationMember of the Provincial Legislature
ProfessionPolitician

Shadrack Lapologang Tlhaole is a South African politician and a party member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

He is the provincial chairperson of the EFF and currently a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature for the party, after having taken office in November 2017. He formerly served as the provincial secretary of the party.[1] Tlhaole was previously the provincial chair of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He left the ANC in 2016 and subsequently became a member of the EFF. Tlhaole became an MP for the EFF in February 2017 and served as one until his deployment to the legislature in October 2017.[2] In November 2010, Tlhaole was named the Sunday Times' "Mampara of the week".[3]

In October 2022, Tlhaole was elected provincial chairperson of the EFF.[4] He succeeded former chairperson Aubrey Baartman as the party's leader in the legislature following Baartman's resignation.

References

  1. ↑ Kwon Hoo, Sandi (16 October 2017). "ANC defector returns as EFF MPL". DFA. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Kwon Hoo, Sandi (27 October 2017). "EFF MPs 'instructed to resign'". DFA. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mampara of the week: Shadrack Tlhaole". Sunday Times. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Sithole, Siyabonga (3 October 2022). "EFF elects its top five in NC, leaders urged to take fight to mines and banks". DFA. Retrieved 22 November 2022.


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