Chris Gololo

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Chris Gololo
Member of the National Assembly
In office
23 April 2004 6 May 2014
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Citizenship South Africa
Political party African National Congress

Christopher Lancaster Gololo is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014. He joined the ANC in exile in 1977 during apartheid.

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Gololo joined the ANC in Tanzania in 1977 in the aftermath of the 1976 Soweto uprising. In exile with the ANC, he lived in Tanzania, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, and India. [1] He returned to South Africa in 1993, during South Africa's democratic transition, and worked as an administrator for the ANC's Mpumalanga branch from 1994 to 2004. [1] In the 2004 general election, he was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly, representing the Mpumalanga constituency; [2] he was elected to a second term in 2009. [1] The ANC did not nominate him for re-election in 2014. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Christopher Lancaster Gololo". People's Assembly. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa . Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. Import, Pongrass (22 May 2014). "Mnguni heads to parliament". Lowvelder. Retrieved 9 April 2023.