Stevens Mokgalapa was born on 9 April 1977 and is a South African politician who served as the Mayor of Tshwane from 2019 to 2020.
19 Facts About Stevens Mokgalapa
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Stevens Mokgalapa was elected on 12 February 2019 and became the second Tshwane Mayor from the Democratic Alliance.
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Stevens Mokgalapa announced on 2 February 2020 that he would resign at the end of the month.
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Stevens Mokgalapa was born and spent his entire childhood in Winterveld, Pretoria.
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Stevens Mokgalapa attended Motsemogolo Primary and Kgolaganyo Middle School and matriculated from Mabopane High School.
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Stevens Mokgalapa went on to study at the University of Pretoria where he completed an undergraduate degree in political science and began his honours degree in international relations.
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Stevens Mokgalapa later completed his honours degree at the University of the Western Cape.
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Stevens Mokgalapa joined the Democratic Party in 1999 and its successor, the Democratic Alliance, in 2000.
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Stevens Mokgalapa was first appointed as a Regional Executive Member and was later promoted to the positions of Branch Chairperson and Township Strategy Member.
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Stevens Mokgalapa became a DA proportional representation councillor following the 2006 municipal elections.
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Stevens Mokgalapa was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in April 2009.
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Stevens Mokgalapa took office as a Member of the National Assembly on 6 May 2009.
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In 2017, Stevens Mokgalapa was elected president of the Africa Liberal Network.
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In early-February 2019, Stevens Mokgalapa was selected by the DA's Federal Executive to be the party's Tshwane mayoral candidate.
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On 12 February 2019, the Economic Freedom Fighters and the opposition African National Congress did not field any mayoral candidates and chose to abstain from the vote, therefore allowing Stevens Mokgalapa to be elected unopposed.
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Stevens Mokgalapa announced the members of his mayoral committee during a media briefing on 21 February 2019.
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Stevens Mokgalapa announced on 25 February 2019 that the City of Tshwane would be terminating the controversial GladAfrica contract.
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Stevens Mokgalapa delivered his maiden State of the Capital Address on 11 April 2019.
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Stevens Mokgalapa was voted out as mayor on 5 December 2019 in a motion of no confidence, though the Gauteng High Court later set aside all the decisions made at the sitting.