User:Maraduzi01/Qedani Mahlangu (1)
UQedani Dorothy Mahlangu (wazalwa ngomhla ka 12 Meyi ngo 1968, eBethal, eMpumalanga[1]) wayenguMEC wezeMpilo neNthuthuko yabantu eGauteng[2] wesula esikhundleni ngemuva kokuba kukhishwe umbiko, ukhishwa ngu-ombudsman wezempilo, ngesimo sokushona kweziguli ezingu 94 ezazigula ngengqondo[3][4] kanti lo mbiko wabuye waziwa njengamanyala ezempilo esidimeni waziwa ngokuthi yi-The Life Healthcare Esidimeni Scandal.[5] Ube sezikhundleni ezehlkene kuhulumeni wase-Gauteng ukusukela ngo 2004, ezibandakanya ukba nguMEC wezeMpilo, kanti waqokwa kulesi sikhundla phakathi kweminyaka ka 2009 - 2010[6] kanti futhi wabuyela kulesi sikhundla ngonyaka ka 2014 ukuya kunyaka ka 2017.[7]
Ngisho noma esule esikhundleni sokuba yiLungu Lesigungu esiphethe (Member of Executive Committee) kanye neLUngu leSishayamthetho seProvinsi, uMahlangu uselokhu eyilunga lesiGungu esiphethe se-ANC eGauteng.[8]
Impilo yakhe ekuqaleni kanye ne-career
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]Early years and education
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]Qedani Mahlangu was born on 12 May 1968 in Bethal, a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.[1] After completing secondary schooling, she qualified as a Teacher and went on to study for an Advanced Diploma in Economics with the University of the Western Cape. Furthermore, she attended a post-graduate diploma course with the London School of Economics and an economics program at Williams College in Massachusetts, USA. She was awarded an Honours Degree in Economics from University of the Western Cape.[2]
Political career
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]Mahlangu joined the South African Youth Congress in the late 1980s, and subsequently joined the ANC Youth League in the early 1990s. She progressed through the ranks of the ANC Youth League in various capacities, from branch to national level. Her membership evolved from ANC Youth League to African National Congress full membership in time[citation needed], and she became a Member of Parliament in 1998, serving as Gauteng Whip in the National Council of Provinces. After the 1999 elections, she was appointed Chairperson of the Select Committee on Finance in the National Council of Provinces, a position she held until 2004.[9]
She has participated in ANC structures in various capacities, including serving as member of the ANC’s Provincial Executive Committee in Gauteng since 2002. From 2003 until April 2004 she was deployed as part of the election machinery of the ANC in Gauteng and nationally.[1][2][9]
Mahlangu is listed as Constituency Contact for the Kliptown and Midvaal ANC Constituency Offices in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.[10]
Gauteng Provincial Government
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]MEC of local government
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]Mahlangu was appointed as Member of Executive Council in 2004 and served in the new portfolio of Local government until 2009, where she assumed oversight of local municipalities in the province. During her tenure in this position, she initiated "Operation Consolidate" which aimed at improving the council's financial systems after the Auditor-General expressed concern over the management of the municipalities. She called for municipalities to cut services to provincial and national government departments which default on their rates and services, in a bid to improve credit control at municipal level.[11]
Mahlangu was implicated in a forensic investigation by risk firm Pasco, which found that two stands in the Meyersdal Nature Estate were bought and then sold by Gauteng local government minister. According to forensic investigators, the development was pushed through “irregularly”.[12] The Gauteng legislature’s integrity commissioner, Jules Browde, was subsequently asked by the Democratic Alliance to investigate the purchase and found that it was a “perfectly legitimate purchase” by the MEC.[13]
References
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]- 1 2 3 "Qedani Mahlangu - e-Government & ICT Summit 2015". www.e-govsummit.gauteng.gov.za (in i-English). Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-03-10.
- 1 2 3 "GAUTENG ONLINE - Your Government - at the click of a button". www.gautengonline.gov.za. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-02-16.
- ↑ "Who Is Qedani Mahlangu, The Gauteng MEC Who Resigned Over The Life Esidimeni Scandal?". Huffington Post South Africa. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-02-16.
- ↑ Makgoba, Malegapuru. "NO GUNS: 143+ SILENT DEATHS AND STILL COUNTING" (PDF). www.ohsc.org.za. HEALTH OMBUD - The Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC). Kulandwe ngomhlaka 16 February 2017.
- ↑ "How The Hell Did 94 Psychiatric Patients Die? The Life Esidimeni Deaths Explained". Huffington Post South Africa. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-02-16.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2009-2010" (PDF). www.health.gpg.gov.za. Gauteng Department of Health. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 16 February 2017.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2015-2016" (PDF). www.health.gpg.gov.za. Gauteng Department of Health. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 16 February 2017.
- ↑ "Newsmaker: From hero to zero". News24. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-04-24.
- 1 2 "New Health MECs". Health-e. 2009-05-13. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-03-24.
- ↑ "Dorothy Mahlangu". People's Assembly. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-03-24.
- ↑ "Cut services to municipalities: Gauteng MEC | IOL". Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-03-24.
- ↑ Burbidge, Matthew. "What is Ekurhuleni council hiding?". The M&G Online (in i-English). Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-03-24.
- ↑ Basson, Yolandi Groenewald, Adriaan. "Massive Ekurhuleni land probe". The M&G Online (in i-English). Kulandwe ngomhlaka 2017-03-24.
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