Parks Tau

Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau
MP
Parks Tau (2018)
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 July 2024
Preceded byEbrahim Patel
Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
In office
7 March 2023 – 19 June 2024
MinisterThembi Nkadimeng
In office
29 May 2019 – 9 December 2020
Serving with Obed Bapela
MinisterNkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Preceded byAndries Nel
Succeeded byThembi Nkadimeng
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 August 2024
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
6 February 2023 – 28 May 2024
Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Economic Development
In office
9 December 2020 – 6 October 2022
PremierDavid Makhura
Preceded byMorakane Mosupyoe
Succeeded byTasneem Motara
Mayor of Johannesburg
In office
26 May 2011[1] – 22 August 2016
Preceded byAmos Masondo[1]
Succeeded byHerman Mashaba[2]
Personal details
Born1970 (age 53–54)[3]
Orlando, Soweto, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
SpousePilisiwe Twala-Tau[1]
Children4[1]
Residence(s)Johannesburg, South Africa

Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau (born 1970) is a South African politician who was appointed as Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition from 3 July 2024.

He served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2023 till his defeat in 2024, representing the African National Congress, however he later returned to Parliament in 2024.

Before becoming a member of Parliament, Tau had been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature where he served in the Gauteng Executive Council as MEC for Economic Development from December 2020 to October 2022. Prior to that, he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between May 2019 and December 2020.

Tau was the second democratically elected mayor, after Amos Masondo, of the Unified City of Johannesburg. He lost the mayoralty to the DA's Herman Mashaba in a historic defeat on 22 August 2016. From 2018 to 2022, he was the provincial treasurer of the Gauteng ANC branch. In December 2022, he was elected to a five-year term on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.

  1. ^ a b c d Yollie. "city of Johannesburg – Office of the Executive Mayor". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ^ "DA's Herman Mashaba elected new Joburg mayor".
  3. ^ Mayoral Committee. Johannesburg.