Sisisi Tolashe
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Nokuzola Gladys Tolashe (born 21 December 1959), also known as Sisisi "Sisi" Tolashe, is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. She was elected as president of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League in July 2023. In government, Tolashe has been the Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities since March 2023.
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President of the African National Congress Women's League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 23 July 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Bathabile Dlamini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 6 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | Cyril Ramaphosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Hlengiwe Mkhize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Eastern Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 5 September 2016 – 25 February 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1959-12-21) 21 December 1959 (age 64) Queenstown, Cape Province Union of South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | African National Congress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tolashe was a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature between 2001 and 2008, and she rose to national political prominence as the Secretary-General of the ANC Women's League under President Angie Motshekga. She was Secretary-General from July 2008 until she was ousted in August 2015. She went on to serve as a backbencher in the National Assembly from 2016 to 2018 and then as mayor of the Eastern Cape's Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality from 2018 to 2019. She returned to the National Assembly in the 2019 general election and was appointed to her deputy ministerial position in a March 2023 reshuffle by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Tolashe has been a member of the ANC National Executive Committee since December 2022, and she previously served in the committee between 2007 and 2017.