Patricia Kopane

Patricia Kopane
MP
Shadow Minister of Social Development
Assumed office
2014
Leader Helen Zille
Preceded by Mike Waters
Shadow Minister of Health
In office
2012–2014
Preceded by Mike Waters
Succeeded by Wilmot James
Shadow Minister of Social Development
Succeeded by Mike Waters
Member of Parliament
for Matjhabeng/Welkom, Free State
Assumed office
May 2009
Personal details
Nationality South African
Political party Democratic Alliance

Semakaleng Patricia Kopane is a South African politician, the Shadow Minister of Social Development,[1] and a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA).[2] Since September 2012, she is also the provincial leader of the DA in the Free State.[3]

Biography

Patricia Kopane is the DA's Shadow Minister of Health. She has worked as a professional nurse and has also worked for the Cancer Association of South Africa. She served as a Municipal Councillor for Mangaung Municipality before being elected to Parliament in 2009.[4]

Political life

In May 2009, Kopane called for the public protector to investigate allegations that R4.3million of Reconstruction and Development Programme-designated funds had been spent on a pre-election party for President Jacob Zuma, and for food parcels to residents of Zuma's home town on the eve of the 2009 general election. The scandal forced Social Development Minister Edna Molewa to request the Special Investigation Unit to launch an investigation into the KwaZulu-Natal businessman, Mabheleni Ntuli, who had solicited the funds from the South African Social Security Agency.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile of Patricia Kopane on DA website".
  2. ↑ "National List MPs" (PDF).
  3. ↑ http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/kopane-leads-da-in-free-state-report-1.1384375
  4. ↑ "Patricia Kopane DA page".
  5. ↑ "SIU to probe R4,3m spent on Zuma rave".


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