Karabo Khakhau
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Karabo Khakhau MP | |
|---|---|
| National Spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance | |
| Assumed office 15 July 2024 | |
| Leader | John Steenhuisen |
| Preceded by | Solly Malatsi Werner Horn |
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| Assumed office 16 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Patricia Kopane |
| Constituency | National List |
| Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 22 May 2019 – 15 November 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karabo Lerato Khakhau 27 June 1997 Welkom |
| Party | Democratic Alliance |
| Education | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Profession | Politician |
Karabo Lerato Khakhau (Democratic Alliance National Spokesperson) is a South African politician and a Member of the South African National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance since November 2022. Prior to this, she served as a DA Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature from May 2019 until November 2022. Aged 21 years at the time of her election to the Provincial Legislature, she became the youngest ever Member of Provincial Legislature in South Africa. Khakhau is a former President of the Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Cape Town (UCT) for the council term 2017/18. In this election she received the highest number of votes amongst all candidates in the institution.
Khakhau hails from Welkom in the Free State. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Governance and Public Leadership from the University of the Witwatersrand's School of Governance. She matriculated from Welkom-Gimnasiumin 2015.[1] She thereafter studied towards a Bachelor of Social Science Degree where she majored in Politics & Governance, Sociology, and Social Development at the University of Cape Town. She, in 2019, put her academic career on pause and dedicated her time towards public service in the Free State Legislature. She is currently pursuing a postgraduate qualification in Public Management at the Wits School of Governance.[2]