Stevens Mokgalapa

Stevens Mokgalapa
Mayor of Tshwane
In office
12 February 2019 – 26 February 2020
Preceded bySolly Msimanga
Succeeded byRandall Williams
Shadow Minister of International Relations and Co-operation
In office
5 June 2014 – 11 February 2019
Preceded byJustus de Goede
Succeeded byDarren Bergman
Shadow Minister of Human Settlements
In office
1 February 2012 – 5 June 2014
Preceded byButch Steyn
Succeeded byMakashule Gana
Shadow Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation
In office
14 May 2009 – 1 February 2012
Preceded byNot known
Succeeded byBilly Eloff
Member of the National Assembly
In office
6 May 2009 – 11 February 2019
ConstituencyGauteng
Personal details
Born (1977-04-09) 9 April 1977 (age 47)
Winterveld, Pretoria, South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance (Until 2020)
SpousePearl
ChildrenRorisang
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria
University of the Western Cape
University of Johannesburg

Stevens Mokgalapa (born 9 April 1977) is a South African politician who served as the Mayor of Tshwane from 2019 to 2020. A former member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), he served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2019. Within the DA's Shadow Cabinet, he served as Shadow Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation from 2009 to 2012, as Shadow Minister of Human Settlements from 2012 to 2014 and as Shadow Minister of International Relations and Co-operation from 2014 to 2019 .

Prior to being elected to the National Assembly, Mokgalapa was a Tshwane Municipality councillor for a period of nine years.[1]

In February 2019, the Democratic Alliance selected Mokgalapa as the party's preferred mayoral candidate to succeed Solly Msimanga as Mayor of Tshwane. He was elected on 12 February 2019 and became the second Tshwane Mayor from the Democratic Alliance.[2][3] He announced on 2 February 2020 that he would resign at the end of the month.[4]

  1. ^ Mailovich, Claudi (2 May 2019). "PROFILE: Tshwane mayor Stevens Mokgalapa unapologetically liberal". BusinessDay. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ Madia, Tshidi. DA names Tshwane mayoral candidate to succeed Solly Msimanga, News24, 3 February 2019. Retrieved on 3 February 2019.
  3. ^ DA’s Stevens Mokgalapa is Tshwane’s new mayor. Retrieved on 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ Kgosana, Rorisang (2 February 2020). "Mokgalapa to resign as Tshwane mayor". The Citizen. Retrieved 2 February 2020.