Kaobitsa Abel Bushy Maape was born on 1956 or 1957 and is a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist who served as the 7th Premier of the North West and as member of the North West Provincial Legislature from September 2021 until May 2024.
13 Facts About Bushy Maape
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Bushy Maape earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in psychology and economics from the University of South Africa which he completed while imprisoned on Robben Island.
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Bushy Maape holds an honours degree in developmental studies and an honours degree in economics from the University of the Western Cape.
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Bushy Maape was recruited into the underground structures of the African National Congress while enrolled at the Hebron Training College.
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In February 1986 Bushy Maape was convicted of propagating the communist aims of the ANC, though acquitted of the main terrorism charge and imprisoned at Robben Island.
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Bushy Maape served as chairperson of the ANC's Kgalagadi region following the end of apartheid in the 1990s.
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Bushy Maape was later the director: RDP as well as the chief director: strategic planning and development unit in the Office of the Premier of the North West.
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Bushy Maape served on the Ministerial Advisory Committee of the Department of Provincial and Local Government and was a member of the Municipal Demarcation Board from the North West Province.
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Bushy Maape had a fallout with the ANC IPC, which accused him of ignoring instructions.
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Bushy Maape was selected over two other potential candidates for premier: the speaker of the provincial legislature Sussana Dantjie and the finance member of the executive council Motlalepula Rosho.
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Bushy Maape was reportedly seen as a compromise candidate to appease party factions and was expected to be sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature and premier later in the week on 20 August 2021, it was reported that none of the 21 ANC Members of the Provincial Legislature, including Mokgoro, had offered to resign their seats in the legislature.
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An ANC MPL needed to resign in order for Bushy Maape to be sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature and then be elected premier.
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Bushy Maape was succeeded in the post of premier by Lazarus Mokgosi on 14 June 2024.