Stone Sizani

Stone Sizani
Sizani in 2014
Chief Whip of the Majority Party
In office
2013 – 2 March 2016
PresidentJacob Zuma
Preceded byMathole Motshekga
Succeeded byJackson Mthembu
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
22 April 2009 – 2 March 2016
Personal details
Born (1954-03-02) 2 March 1954 (age 72)
PartyAfrican National Congress
EducationUniversity of East Anglia

Phumelele Stone Sizani (born 2 March 1954) is a South African politician who was, until his resignation on 2 March 2016, a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa and the African National Congress Chief Whip. Upon leaving Parliament he became South African Ambassador to Germany.

Early life

At the age of 18 he was arrested and sent to Robben Island as a political prisoner, where he remained incarcerated from 1978 to 1980. He graduated with an MA in development studies from the University of East Anglia in 1995, where he was a Chevening Scholar.

References

  1. ↑ "Phumelele Sizani". African National Congress. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "ANC chief whip to become SA ambassador to Germany". The Times (South Africa). Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Lund, Troye (5 December 2013). "Can Stone Sizani restore discipline within the ANC?". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Directory of Chevening Alumni". Chevening UK Government Scholarships. 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2014.