Boitumelo Joyce Maluleke | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
In office 23 June 2015 – 16 July 2021 | |
Preceded by | Polly Boshielo |
Succeeded by | Gumani Mukwevho |
Constituency | Limpopo |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 April 1961 |
Died | 16 July 2021 | (aged 60)
Nationality | South African |
Political party | African National Congress (Until 2021) |
Profession | Politician |
Boitumelo Joyce Maluleke (25 April 1961 – 16 July 2021) was a South African politician. She served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2015 until her death from COVID-19 related complications in 2021. Maluleke was a member of the African National Congress.
Maluleke had been an African National Congress member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. She served as chairperson of the education committee.[1] She was ranked 17th on the ANC's regional to national list prior to the 2014 parliamentary election.[2] The ANC won only 16 regional seats in the province, declining Maluleke a seat in the National Assembly.[3] She did not return to the provincial legislature.[4]
In 2015, Polly Boshielo resigned from the National Assembly. The ANC chose Maluleke to take up her seat since she was next on the list.[5] She was then named to the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. In 2018, she became a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality.[4]
Maluleke was thirteenth on the ANC's regional list for the parliamentary election on May 8, 2019.[6] She was elected to a full term in parliament in the election.[7] In June, she was named to the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation and the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and People with Disabilities.[8] Maluleke became a member of the committee on the Powers and Privileges of Parliament in September 2019.[4]
Maluleke died from COVID-19 related complications on 16 July 2021.[9] Her husband also succumbed to COVID-19-related complications the following day.[10]