O. J. Tselapedi | |
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Member of the North West Executive Council for Education | |
In office 30 April 2004 – 25 November 2010 | |
Premier | |
Succeeded by | Raymond Elisha |
Personal details | |
Born | Oabetswe Johannes Tselapedi 28 January 1956 |
Died | 8 June 2021 | (aged 65)
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Oabetswe Johannes Tselapedi (28 January 1956 – 6 June 2021) was a South African politician who served in the North West Provincial Legislature. He was the second Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature from 1999 to 2004 and then was the North West's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education from April 2004 until November 2010, when he was fired by newly elected Premier Thandi Modise.
Tselapedi was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and served as the party's Deputy Provincial Chairperson in the North West from 1996 to 1998. He was serving as a local councillor in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality at the time of his death in 2021.