1. Bandile Edgar Wallace Masuku was born on 2 November 1975 and is a South African medical doctor and politician serving as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since May 2019.
16 Facts About Bandile Masuku
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Bandile Masuku was the Gauteng MEC for Health from May 2019 to October 2020.
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Bandile Masuku was born in the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto in the now-dissolved Transvaal Province.
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Bandile Masuku grew up in Soweto and was expelled from school.
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Bandile Masuku joined the Congress of South African Students.
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Bandile Masuku had to repeat matric in 1992, after not succeeding in 1991.
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Bandile Masuku registered for a degree in medicine in 1998 and fulfilled the degree in 2004 after he had to repeat a year.
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Bandile Masuku was President of the university's SRC.
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Bandile Masuku was elected to the national executive committee of the South African Students Congress in 2002.
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Bandile Masuku served as SASCO National President elected at Fort Hare University in 2003.
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Bandile Masuku was appointed spokesperson of the African National Congress Youth League in 2013.
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Bandile Masuku had worked at multiple hospitals, including the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and the Pholosong Hospital.
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In 2019, Bandile Masuku met up with Assistant Director of the Gauteng Medical Supply Depot, Neels Beukes to establish how the depot operates.
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Bandile Masuku took office as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on 22 May 2019.
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Bandile Masuku has denied any involvement in the awarding of the tenders.
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Bandile Masuku is married to Loyiso, an ANC municipal councillor in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and the municipality's MMC for Corporate and Shared Services.