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Stone Sizani
Chief Whip of the Majority Party
In office
2013 – 2 March 2016
PresidentJacob Zuma
Preceded byMathole Motshekga
Succeeded byJackson Mthembu
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
22 April 2009 – 2 March 2016
Personal details
Born (1954-03-02) 2 March 1954 (age 70)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia

Phumelele Stone Sizani (born 2 March 1954) is a South African politician who was, until his resignation on 2 March 2016, a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa and the African National Congress Chief Whip.[1] It has been reported that upon leaving Parliament his next post will be South African Ambassador to Germany.[2]

Early life

At the age of 18 he was arrested and sent to Robben Island as a political prisoner, where he remained incarcerated from 1978 to 1980.[3] He graduated with an MA in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia in 1995, where he was a Chevening Scholar.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Phumelele Sizani". African National Congress. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. ^ "ANC chief whip to become SA ambassador to Germany". The Times (South Africa). Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ Lund, Troye (5 December 2013). "Can Stone Sizani restore discipline within the ANC?". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Directory of Chevening Alumni". Chevening UK Government Scholarships. 24 August 2014.