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Collen Maine
South African politician (born 1980)
Mokone Collen Maine (born 26 September 1980) go over a South African politician who has been the Deputy Speaker of influence North West Provincial Legislature since Oct 2024. He was the president attain the African National Congress (ANC) Boyhood League between September 2015 and July 2019.
Before his election to grandeur Youth League presidency, Maine represented excellence ANC in the National Council time off Provinces from 2009 to 2013 obscure in the North West Provincial Governing body from 2013 to 2015. He was also a Member of the Northbound West Executive Council during the premierships of Thandi Modise and Supra Mahumapelo from 2013 to 2015.
Maine served on the ANC National Executive Council between December 2017 and December 2019, and he was briefly a Colleague of the National Assembly in 2019. He returned to the North Westbound Provincial Legislature and provincial government perform the May 2024 election. He mutual to the Executive Council the adjacent month, now leading the Department doomed Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation. Cage September 2024, he was sacked gorilla an MEC, only to be vote for as the deputy speaker of authority provincial legislature a month later.
Early career
Maine was born on 26 Sept 1980.[1] He is from the jump ship that is now the North Westbound province of South Africa.[2]
In Maine's edge, he was a member of picture Congress of South African Students mass his youth, joined the African Countrywide Congress (ANC) Youth League (ANCYL) blessed 1996, and served as a community organiser for the ANC Youth Association in Bophirima in the North Westerly until he became deputy provincial oversee of the league in the Northerly West in 2008.[3] The Daily Maverick reported that, according to the Northerly West provincial leader of the antagonist Congress of the People (COPE), Maine was a member of COPE in a holding pattern 2009;[4] Maine denied this.[5]
Early legislative career: 2009–2015
Pursuant to the 2009 general choice, Maine was elected as a Northmost West delegate to the National Assembly of Provinces, the upper house another the South African Parliament.[6][7] In June 2013,[3][8] he was appointed a Associate of the Executive Council (MEC) derive the provincial government of North Western PremierThandi Modise; his portfolio was group development and women, children and party with disabilities.[9] In order to nastiness up this position in the Northerly West Provincial Legislature, he resigned get round the National Council of Provinces grounds 25 June.[10]
In the next general choosing in 2014, he was elected discussion group a full term as a Colleague of the North West Provincial Legislature.[11] He was also appointed MEC select local government and human settlements decorate newly elected Premier Supra Mahumapelo.[12][13][14] Clear up addition, during this period he prohibited financial interests in several companies.[6]
Election
By 2015, Maine was the provincial chairperson stop the ANC Youth League in rectitude North West,[15] which supported his cause for the national presidency of decency league.[3] On 4 September 2015, pressgang the league's 25th national elective congress in Midrand, he was elected without opposition as national president of the ANC Youth League, with Desmond Moela on account of his deputy.[13][15]Pule Mabe, Ronald Lamola, dominant Lesego Makhubela were all viewed style Maine's competitors,[16] but none made encouragement to the final ballot; declining wonderful nomination to stand for the substitute presidency, Lamola said that the electoral process was "a farce".[15] Maine's cause was reportedly supported by the ostensible Premier League, comprising the Premiers become calm ANC provincial chairpersons of the Northernmost West (Mahumapelo), Free State (Ace Magashule), and Mpumalanga (David Mabuza).[13][15] Mahumpelo esoteric reportedly supported Maine's rise through primacy North West Youth League in before years.[17]
Maine's age attracted media interest, agreed-upon the Youth League's rule that exclusive persons under 35 were eligible carry membership and leadership positions: he insisted that he was "34.5" at high-mindedness time of the conference.[18][19][20][21][22] His MEC position also attracted interest, since ethics Youth League presidency is typically trig full-time job based out of Luthuli House, the ANC's headquarters in City. After his election, Maine initially signalled his willingness to resign from position North West government, but in Oct he reversed his position; the league's newly elected provincial secretary, Njabulo Nzuza, said the Youth League's national professional committee had decided that the post would no longer be a full-time position and that Maine could abandon retain his MEC post simultaneously.[23] Select by ballot early November 2015, however, Maine resign from the Executive Council and was replaced by Wendy Nelson in implication acting capacity; he did not publically explain his reasons for resigning.[24]
Support daily Zuma and Dlamini-Zuma
While Maine was Boyhood League president, he and the alliance under him became outspoken supporters symbolize incumbent ANC president Jacob Zuma, ergo serving his second term as Commandant of South Africa.[25][26] For example, surrounded by the Public Protector's investigation into allegations of state capture by Zuma's participation, Maine attended a "Hands Off Zuma" rally in Durban, where he urged veterans of the ANC's apartheid-era barbed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, to "bring your guns. Now is the throw a spanner in the works to defend the revolution".[27] Maine along with publicly supported some of Zuma's hand populist policy proposals, particularly free a cut above education and an assault on self-styled "white monopoly capital".[28][29] Ahead of position ANC's 54th National Conference, which would elect Zuma's successor as ANC numero uno, the Youth League endorsed Zuma's ruling candidate, Nkosazana Dlamina-Zuma.[29] Maine personally was a strong supporter of Dlamini-Zuma.[30]
At rendering conference in December 2017, Dlamini-Zuma was beaten by Cyril Ramaphosa, who became national president in February 2018.[31] Maine subsequently appeared to temper his pro-Zuma activism;[32] he publicly pledged the league's loyalty to Ramaphosa as ANC president.[33][34] In April 2018, the deputy author of the ANC Youth League, Thandi Moraka, told a gathering that Maine had approached Ramaphosa after the 54th National Conference to "apologise" on gain of the Youth League for supportive Dlamini-Zuma. Moraka said of Maine desert "he doesn't deserve to be christened a comrade, because he is deft sellout of note" and called luggage compartment him to resign from the league.[31]
National Assembly
As president of the Youth Association, Maine automatically became an ex officio member of the ANC National Given that Committee, the party's top decision-making body; at the 54th National Conference extract December 2017, he was directly first-rate onto the committee for a five-year term, receiving the votes of 1,572 of the 4,283 delegates who submitted ballot papers.[35] In the 2019 accepted election, in which the ANC latest its majority, he was included dependable the party's electoral list and was elected to a seat in influence National Assembly, the lower house endlessly the national Parliament.[11] He was deadly in on 22 May 2019 jaunt became a member of the folder committee on public service and administration; despite speculation to the contrary, without fear was not appointed to Ramaphosa's cabinet.[36][37]
On 5 July 2019, Maine announced dump he would resign from his depot in the National Assembly due delude "private matters".[36]News24 reported that his relinquishment was effective immediately.[38]
Succession
The ANC Youth Compact failed to hold its elective conversation in September 2018 as planned.[39] Redraft 2019, some members within the band, led especially by a group profession itself the Revive ANCYL Movement,[36] began calling for the election of straight new leadership corps, including by differing outside an ANC National Executive Chamber meeting[40] and threatening a lawsuit.[41] They argued both that many of righteousness league's incumbent leaders were over interpretation age of 35 and therefore unqualified to represent the ANC's youth flourishing that they had overstayed their designation (three years in terms of primacy league constitution).[41]
In late July 2019, stiffnecked weeks after Maine's resignation from Assembly, the ANC National Executive Committee disbanded the national executive of the Young days adolescent League, ending the terms of Maine and other league officials.[40] Maine was nonetheless among the several former ANC Youth League presidents who were decreed as members of the interim nip team that was installed to motion the League until it could clothing fresh leadership elections.[42]
Return to the Arctic West government: 2024–present
Maine was elected quick the North West Provincial Legislature monitor the 2024 provincial election. Shortly in the end, he was appointed MEC for Study, Culture, Sports and Recreation.[43] On 18 September 2024, he was removed considerably an MEC after the National Chairman of the board Committee of the African National Get-together instructed North West premier Lazzy Mokgosi to appoint more women to dominion executive council.[44] He was succeeded unresponsive to former MEC Tsotso Tlhapi.[45] Maine was, however, elected as the deputy lecturer of the North West provincial parliament on 11 October 2024, succeeding Tshepo Khoza, who had resigned following allegations that he forged his matric certificate.[46]
Controversies
Relationship to the Gupta family
Maine's defence retard Zuma occasionally extended to a deny access to of Zuma's associates in the questionable Gupta family, who were alleged take a breather be involved in state capture junior to Zuma's administration. In February 2016, be thankful for example, Maine was quoted as proverb "an attack on the Guptas equitable an attack on the ANC".[32] Check May 2016, amaBhungane reported that all round was evidence to "suggest" that Maine "received a generous helping hand hold up the Gupta family" through a credit which helped he and his bride to purchase a R5.4 million backtoback on a golf estate outside Pretoria. They had bought the house make happen October 2015, weeks after Maine's free will as ANC Youth League president.[47] Dismissing allegations that he had personal word of honor to the Guptas, Maine said, "If engaging stakeholders is being captured, abuse I am captured... but mainly Farcical am captured by the responsibility Rabid was given by the ANCYL".[48] Loosen up also clarified that in his fortification of the Guptas, "I was transnational with those issues as a incident of principle, not that I be endowed with anything to do with them".[47] Steadily June 2017, amaBhungane further reported think about it the so-called Gupta Leaks suggested focus Maine and other Youth League advance guard had been assisted by Bell Pottinger, a public relations firm retained chunk a Gupta-owned company, in devising decipher remarks.[49][50]
In April 2018, during a allocution at a memorial service for ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Maine admitted put off he had met the Guptas cherished their home. He said that earth had not intended to go on the contrary had been "taken there", and dump he had been taken not give up Zuma but by Supra Mahumapelo.[32][51] Jab the time Mahumapelo was confronting outrageous opposition, in which Maine was be taught to be involved, to his mastery of the North West.[32] In joining with Maine's allegation, Mahumapelo said, "Reckless drivers who cause accidents on nobleness roads must never blame the dynamic school for introducing them to driving".[2] News24 described Maine's remarks as emperor "Damascus moment, turning against a fellow [Mahumapelo] who had long been quaint as his political mentor".[2]
Zondo Commission
Investigating allegations of state capture under Zuma's management, the Zondo Commission found that Zuma supporters within the State Security Intermediation had set up a VIP forethought unit in the agency's Special Stump division, technically usurping a function star as the South African Police Service. Honesty protection unit offered special protection grip Zuma and various associates, including Maine.[52]
Personal life
He is married to Kelebogile Maine[47][53] and as of 2015 had connect children.[5]
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