Global InformationJoel Mafereka information
Joel Mafereka | |
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| Member of the Free State Executive Council for Local Government and Housing | |
| In office April 2005 – April 2009 | |
| Premier | Beatrice Marshoff |
| Preceded by | Benny Kotsoane |
| Succeeded by | Mosebenzi Zwane (for Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements) |
| Member of the Free State Executive Council for Sports, Arts, Culture, Science and Technology | |
| In office May 2004 – April 2005 | |
| Premier | Beatrice Marshoff |
| Preceded by | Webster Mfebe |
| Succeeded by | Susan Mnumzana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Malefetsane Joel Mafereka 5 November 1951 |
| Died | 11 November 2013 (aged 62) Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Malefetsane Joel Mafereka (5 November 1951 – 11 November 2013), also known as Joe Mafereka, was a South African politician and businessman who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2009. He served as the Free State's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts, Culture, Science and Technology from 2004 to 2005 and as MEC for Local Government and Housing from 2005 to 2009.
A former taxi-industry boss, Mafereka was charged with murder in November 2000, while he was serving as Speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature. The charges emanated from a 1989 death which prosecutors linked to taxi violence. Mafereka was acquitted of all charges in 2002 and Premier Beatrice Marshoff appointed him to the Free State Executive Council at the beginning of the next legislative term. After failing to gain re-election to the legislature in the 2009 general election, Mafereka chaired the North West arm of the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims until his illness and death in 2013.