Irene Mutsila
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Irene Mutsila | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Vhembe | |
| In office March 2006 – July 2007 | |
| Succeeded by | Falaza Mdaka |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office June 1999 – April 2004 | |
| Constituency | Northern Province |
| Delegate to the National Council of Provinces | |
| Assembly Member for Northern Transvaal | |
| In office May 1994 – June 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 June 1949 |
| Died | 29 July 2017 (aged 68) |
| Party | African National Congress |
Irene Mutsila (5 June 1949 – 29 July 2017) was a South African politician from Limpopo. Formerly an anti-apartheid activist and poet, she was the first woman mayor of Vhembe District Municipality from 2006 to 2007. Before that, she represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Council of Provinces from 1994 to 1999 and in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2004.
Mutsila was born on 5 June 1949[1] in Sibasa outside Thohoyandou in the former Northern Transvaal.[2] She was active in the anti-apartheid movement[3] and a veteran of the ANC Women's League.[2] She was also a poet and published in Staffrider.[4] After the end of apartheid, she served in the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Limpopo branch.[2]
Legislative career
In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Mutsila was elected to an ANC seat in the Northern Transvaal caucus of the Senate (later the National Council of Provinces).[5] After a term there, she was elected to the National Assembly in the 1999 general election, again serving the Northern Transvaal (by then renamed Northern Province).