1. Bonginkosi Success Madikizela was born on 15 March 1975 and is a South African politician.
40 Facts About Bonginkosi Madikizela
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Bonginkosi Madikizela was a member of the African National Congress and United Democratic Movement, prior to joining the Democratic Alliance in 2008.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela was elected as a DA Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in 2009.
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In 2019, Bonginkosi Madikizela became the Provincial Minister of Transport and Public Works.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela resigned from the provincial cabinet and the provincial parliament, but will remain a DA member.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela said that he was not pressured to resign as DA provincial leader.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela has been a member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2024.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela was born in Port Shepstone, Natal on 15 March 1975.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela's aunt was prominent anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela Mandela.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela's brother was murdered in 1990 and he then moved to Chatsworth, living in Welbedacht.
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In 1998, Bonginkosi Madikizela moved to Cape Town to live with his brother.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela's brother helped him enrol at a computer school and Madikizela soon started studying human resource management at the University of South Africa.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela soon moved back to Chatsworth and completed a course in computer training.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela became a member of the Chatsworth Child Welfare organisation.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela moved back to Cape Town in 2002 and became active in politics.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela had previously been an active member of the ANC.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela became prominent in 2005, when he led a group of disaffected ANC members in the Makhaza area of Khayelitsha who had been supportive of former Western Cape Premier and ANC Provincial Chairperson Ebrahim Rasool in his leadership battle with Mcebisi Skwatsha.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela was appointed the party's Cape Town Metro Regional Secretary until a party investigation found that he had secretly convinced party members to join the Democratic Alliance.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela officially became a member of DA in October 2008.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela had been accused by the Mandela Park Backyarders as well as journalists of breaking a promise of giving residents of the community houses in new Mandela Park developments.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela had said "unfortunately" there was no influx control to regulate the movement of people into the Western Cape.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela was appointed as Provincial Minister of Human Settlements following his re-election in May 2014.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela was named the acting provincial leader in February 2017, when incumbent Patricia de Lille resigned.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela was elected to the position for a full term on 7 October 2017.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela was appointed as Provincial Minister of Transport and Public Works by newly elected premier Alan Winde in May 2019.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela was the Leader of Government Business in the Provincial Parliament.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela dropped out of the leadership race on 11 November 2019.
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On 26 January 2020, Bonginkosi Madikizela announced that he would consider running for DA Federal Leader at the party's Federal Congress.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela declined to run for the post on 10 February 2020.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela then declared his intention to seek re-election as provincial leader.
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In mid-November 2020, Bonginkosi Madikizela was accused of plotting to assassinate his main competitor for the position, Masizole Mnqasela, the speaker of the provincial parliament.
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On 1 April 2021, acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka released a report that found that Bonginkosi Madikizela had violated the Executive Ethics Codes by making misleading or false statements to the legislature about Brett Herron, a Good MPP.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela rejected the legality of the report and said that he would be seeking legal advice.
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On 6 April 2021, Bonginkosi Madikizela announced that he had applied to be the DA's mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town.
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On 13 April 2021, Daily Maverick reported that Bonginkosi Madikizela did not have a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Human Resource Management as previously claimed and that he had misled a journalist in this regard.
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Hours later, the DA provincial chairperson, Jaco Londt, sent a letter to party structures informing them that Bonginkosi Madikizela had "voluntarily stepped aside" as provincial leader for the next two weeks and that deputy leader Albert Fritz would be acting provincial leader.
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On 28 April 2021, the DA announced that Bonginkosi Madikizela had resigned as the provincial leader of the party in the Western Cape.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela resigned from the provincial cabinet and the provincial legislature.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela said that he was not pressured to resign, but chose to resign out " of a sense honour".
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On 1 April 2022, the Minister of Public Service and Administration, Ayanda Dlodlo revealed in a reply to a parliamentary question by Good MP Brett Herron that Winde had written to the department asking that Bonginkosi Madikizela be paid at salary level 4, which in 2021 had an entry level of R2,008,212 per year, but the department declined the request and instead approved salary level 3 for Bonginkosi Madikizela, which pays about R1,739,784 per year.