Isaac Mbulelo Sileku is a South African politician who has been the Western Cape's Provincial Minister of Mobility since 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance, he has been a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since 2022. Sileku previously served as the Deputy Executive Mayor of the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality from 2016 until 2019 and as a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the Western Cape from 2019 to 2022.
Isaac Sileku | |
|---|---|
| Western Cape Provincial Minister of Mobility | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2024 | |
| Premier | Alan Winde |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Mackenzie |
| Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament | |
| Assumed office 24 November 2022 | |
| Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the Western Cape | |
| In office 23 May 2019 – 23 November 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Isaac Mbulelo Sileku |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
| Profession | Politician |
Early life
editSileku grew up in Beaufort West. He was involved in school politics and soon saw himself wanting to become a politician. Sileku later moved to Caledon.[1]
Political career
editSileku joined the Democratic Alliance. In 2011, he was elected a DA councillor in the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality.[1]
After his re-election in 2016, Sileku was elected deputy executive mayor of the municipality.
Parliament
editIn 2019 Sileku stood for election to the South African National Assembly as 181st on the DA's national list.[2] He was not elected to the National Assembly. However, the DA selected him to go to the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of parliament. The Western Cape Provincial Parliament elected him as a provincial delegate to the NCOP.[3]
Sileku served on the Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements, the Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings, the Select Committee on Security and Justice, the Select Committee on Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure, and the Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour.[4]
In 2019 he had a committee attendance rate of 74% and in 2020 it was 88%. Sileku's DA constituency area is the Cape Agulhas.[5]
Provincial Parliament
editIn November 2022, Sileku was sworn in as a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament after resigning from the NCOP.[6]
Following the 2024 provincial election in which Sileku was elected to a full term in the provincial election, he was appointed as the Provincial Minister of Mobility by premier Alan Winde.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Theron, Annette (21 May 2019). "Bumped up a notch to serve TWK better". Netwerk24. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "DA election candidates". South Cape Forum. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES PERMANENT DELEGATES AS AT PERMANENT DELEGATES AS AT 23May2019" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Mr Isaac Mbulelo Sileku". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "DA Constituency Area: Cape Agulhas". People's Assembly. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "DA welcomes Isaac Sileku as new Member". www.polity.org.za. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ Charles, Marvin. "Some left out in cold, others stuck on benches: No space in Winde's new cabinet for Nomafrench Mbombo". News24. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
External links
edit- Isaac Mbulelo Sileku at People's Assembly