William Bulwane

Kwekwe William Bulwane is a South African politician serving as the Free State MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development since 28 May 2019. He has been a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature since May 2019. He was briefly an MPL in April 2018. Bulwane is the current deputy provincial chairperson of the African National Congress.

William Bulwane

MPL
Free State MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development
Assumed office
28 May 2019
PremierSisi Ntombela
Preceded byBenny Malakoane
Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
In office
4 April 2018 – 23 April 2018
Personal details
Born
Kwekwe William Bulwane
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Political career

Bulwane is a member of the African National Congress. He is currently the party's deputy provincial chairperson.[1] He was previously the provincial secretary. Bulwane also served as the speaker of the Metsimaholo Local Municipality.[2]

Bulwane was sworn in as a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature on 4 April 2018.[2] He replaced former premier Ace Magashule, who had resigned to take up the post of secretary-general of the ANC full time.[2] After serving less than three weeks, he resigned his seat on 23 April. Montseng Tsiu replaced him in the legislature.[3][4]

However, he returned to the provincial legislature after the general election held on 8 May 2019. On 28 May, premier Sisi Ntombela appointed him Member of the Executive Council for Agriculture and Rural Development. He was sworn in on the same day.[5]

Personal life

In August 2018, Bulwane announced that his BMW X5 was used during a cash-in-transit heist in Bloemfontein. He said that he had handed his car to a panel beater for repairs following an accident in May of the same year.[6] He laid charges against the panel beater but police questioned his possible link to the heist.[7]

References
  1. "New leadership elected for ANC in the Free State". News24. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "Former ANC Secretary sworn in as MPL". Bloemfontein Courant. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Bulwane resigns from FS Legislature after less than a month". OFM. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. "Bulwane resigns from FS Legislature after less than one month". Bloemfontein Courant. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. "Premier Sisi Ntombela: Announcement of Free State Executive Council". Government of South Africa. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. Chabalala, Jeanette; Madia, Tshidi (12 August 2018). "Free State ANC's deputy chairperson William Bulwane's vehicle involved in cash-in-transit heist". News24. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. "Police question ANC's Free State deputy chair William Bulwane on 'cash heist links'". The Citizen. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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