Boyce Maneli

Boyce Maneli is a South African politician from Gauteng who has been Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour since 2024 and a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress since 2019. He had previously served as the Executive Mayor of the West Rand District Municipality from 2016 to 2019 and as the Regional Chairperson of the ANC's West Rand Region from 2014 to 2018. Quotes Being born and growing up in the Eastern Cape exposed me to the harsh realities of the Apartheid system as both sides of my family had political activists who were directly affected. During my schooling, I was exposed to the Youth Congress and in particular, to the student movement politics. Since then, I have participated in different structures in the community and the ANC Alliance both as a member and a leader. This includes 15 years as a Councillor in different roles and I exited as a district Executive Mayor in 2019 when I joined the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. In summary my political background was informed by environment and recruitment into politics. As a Member of Parliament, I am individually and collectively participating in law making, doing oversight on the actions of the Executive, ensuring public participation in the work of parliament and whenever necessary, electing the President of the Republic. The main impact one hopes to achieve is to see the laws and service delivery through the executive actions impacting positively in the lived reality of the people of South Africa, thereby making them active participants in the work of Parliament and government. The Government of National Unity (GNU) is not a desired outcome for any party that contests an election, owing to its limitations in fully implementing your election Manifesto. Tactically, it is a better instrument in the hands of the people as it is based on responding to the call by voters, where they are clear on the largest party, and compelling them to work with other parties to advance the cause of the people. The agreed statement of Intent firmly anchored on the need to put the people of South Africa first is quite comforting. In my view it is in keeping with what the late ANC President OR Tambo said in 1991 in the ANC 48th National Conference under the theme in his speech “People’s Parliament” in reference to the ANC External links Category:Living people Category:Politicians from South Africa