Tasneem Motara
Tasneem Motara | |
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Motara in May 2019 | |
| Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2024 | |
| Premier | Panyaza Lesufi |
| Preceded by | Lebogang Maile |
| Gauteng MEC for Economic Development | |
| In office 7 October 2022 – 14 June 2024 | |
| Premier | Panyaza Lesufi |
| Preceded by | Parks Tau |
| Succeeded by | Lebogang Maile (for Finance and Economic Development) |
| Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development and Property Management | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 6 October 2022 | |
| Premier | David Makhura |
| Preceded by | Jacob Mamabolo |
| Succeeded by | Lebogang Maile (for Human Settlements and Infrastructure) |
| Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
| Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces | |
| Assembly Member for Gauteng | |
| In office 22 May 2014 – 7 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1982 Benoni, Transvaal Province South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse | Phiwe Maphanga |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa |
| Profession | Politician |
Tasneem Motara (born 7 December 1982) is a South African politician from Gauteng. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has served in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and Gauteng Executive Council since 2019. She is currently serving as the province's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Human Settlements.
Motara entered politics through the ANC Youth League in her hometown of Ekurhuleni. She represented the ANC in the National Council of Provinces between 2014 and 2019, serving as chief whip of the council's Gauteng delegation, and joined the provincial government after the May 2019 general election. Before she was appointed to her current portfolio in July 2024, she was the MEC for Infrastructure Development and Property Management from 2019 to 2022 and the MEC for Economic Development from 2022 to 2024.
She has been a member of the Gauteng ANC's Provincial Executive Committee since 2018. During that time, she was the provincial party's deputy provincial secretary between June 2022 and February 2025.