Dawid Rooi

Dawid Rooi
Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature
In office
1999 – 3 October 2017
Member of the Northern Cape Executive Council for Infrastructure and Public Works
In office
30 May 2014 – February 2016
PremierSylvia Lucas
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMxolisi Sokatsha
Member of the Northern Cape Executive Council for Roads and Public Works
In office
11 May 2009 – 30 May 2014
Premier
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1965-07-22) 22 July 1965 (age 59)
Klipfontein, Namakwa
Cape Province, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations
National Union of Mineworkers

Dawid Rooi (born 22 July 1965) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature from 1999 to 2017. During that time, he served continuously in the Northern Cape Executive Council from 2009 to 2016: he was the Northern Cape's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Roads and Public Works from 2009 to 2014 and MEC for Infrastructure and Public Works from 2014 to 2016. A former mineworker, Rooi rose to political prominence through the National Union of Mineworkers.