Dawid Rooi was born on 22 July 1965 and is a South African politician and former trade unionist who represented the African National Congress in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature from 1999 to 2017.
10 Facts About Dawid Rooi
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Dawid Rooi was born on 22 July 1965 in Klipfontein in Namakwa in the former Cape Province.
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Dawid Rooi was expelled from high school due to his political activities but matriculated in 1993 while employed at an Alexkor diamond mine, where he worked from 1987 until 1999.
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Dawid Rooi joined the National Union of Mineworkers in 1987 and rose through the union's ranks to become a branch chairperson in 1996.
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Dawid Rooi served as NUM Regional Chairperson and was a member of the NUM's national executive committee from 1996 to 1999.
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In 1999, Dawid Rooi was elected to an ANC seat in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature.
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Dawid Rooi was re-elected to his seat in the 2004 general election and in the 2009 general election, and on 11 May 2009, Premier Hazel Jenkins announced that he would return to the Executive Council as MEC for Roads and Public Works.
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Dawid Rooi held that portfolio throughout Jenkins' term and into the term of her successor, Premier Sylvia Lucas.
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Dawid Rooi remained an ordinary Member of the Provincial Legislature until early October 2017, when he resigned his seat; Bentley Vass filled the vacancy left by his departure.
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Dawid Rooi is married to Magdalene Dawid Rooi, with whom he has five children.