Alvin Botes

Alvin Botes (born 9 September 1973) is a South African African National Congress (ANC) politician from the Northern Cape who has been serving as the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since May 2019. He became a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa in February 2018. Quotes My grandfather was a farm-worker, and upon reaching old age, he together with my grandmother and ten children was forcibly removed from the farm; after he dedicated his entire life to the farm-owner. This informed my conviction on social justice, and informed my decision to join the ANC, and participated as early as 1989 in student protest and community uprising. After having graduated from Pentech (CPUT), I was mandated by then Secretary-General, Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe to be deployed full time to the African National Congress (Northern Cape), as Provincial Head of Policy, Research and Analysis. After having served for a decade, and was re-assign in 2009, as a public representative (MPL), and deployed as MEC for Social Development and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. I was further re-deployed as a Member of Parliament in 2018. Currently I am serving as a Member of the Executive and Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation. The role of an Executive Member often does not allow one to attend all meetings of committees and other parliamentary duties which could become difficult to navigate given the loaded schedule External links Category:Living people Category:African National Congress politicians Category:1973 births