Mike Waters (politician)
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Michael Waters is a member of the South African National Assembly from Gauteng (since 1999). He is the spokesperson of Social Development and Child Abuse for the Democratic Alliance.
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Waters has long been a critic of the ANC's health policies, particularly those of current health minster Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. He was suspended from the National Assembly by Speaker Baleka Mbete for five days after having submitted a written question to the minister concerning a rumor on whether Tshabalala-Msimang had been convicted of theft in Botswana in 1976 while working at a hospital, and whether or not she had disclosed this information to president Thabo Mbeki when she was first appointed to her portfolio. Mbete suspended him on the grounds that Waters' question contained "the use of offensive or unbecoming language", and that the question was supposed to have been submitted by a substantive motion of the house. Waters then challenged her over over her ruling, at which point he was expelled. He was followed by other DA members in protest.
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