Provincial Secretary of the Free State African National Congress
In office July 2008 – June 2012
In office February 2008 – July 2008 (acting)
Deputy
Mamiki Qabathe
Chairperson
Ace Magashule
Preceded by
Charlotte Lobe
Succeeded by
William Bulwane
Personal details
Born
Sibongile Jeremia Besani
(1970-07-11) 11 July 1970 (age 53) Vredefort, Orange Free State South Africa
Political party
African National Congress
Sibongile Jeremia Besani (born 11 July 1970) is a South African politician from the Free State. Since July 2019, he has worked for the African National Congress (ANC) as head of the party presidency. He has been a member of the ANC National Executive Committee since December 2017.
For a brief period between May and July 2019, Besani represented the ANC as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He resigned from his seat when he was appointed as head of the ANC presidency, a full-time position based at Luthuli House in the office of ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa. He was also the interim coordinator of the ANC Youth League between July 2019 and April 2021.
Born in Vredefort, Besani is a former Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Free State branch. He held that office between July 2008 and June 2012 during the chairmanship of Ace Magashule.
Sibongile Jeremia Besani (born 11 July 1970) is a South African politician from the Free State. Since July 2019, he has worked for the African National...
Sibongile is a given name. Notable people with the name include: SibongileBesani, South African politician Sibongile Khumalo (1957–2021), South African...
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as Deputy Minister of State Security under Minister Ayanda Dlodlo. SibongileBesani was therefore appointed to replace Kodwa as head of the ANC presidency...
Other members of the group reportedly included (at least initially) SibongileBesani, who was the outgoing ANC Provincial Secretary, as well as leaders...
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capacity she served under Provincial Chairperson Ace Magashule, with SibongileBesani as her deputy. She was the first woman to hold the office, which she...
however, she soon entered the National Assembly as a replacement for SibongileBesani. Seoposengwe was a member of the Standing Committee on Auditor General...
State ANC, serving under Ace Magashule, as Provincial Chairperson, and SibongileBesani, as Provincial Secretary. In October, Marshoff announced a reshuffle...
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