Jacob Marule

Jacob Marule MPL
Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Agriculture
In office 13 March 2012 – 19 July 2013
Premier	Cassel Mathale
Preceded by	Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba
Succeeded by	Rosina Semenya
Personal details
Citizenship	South Africa
Political party	African National Congress
Spouse	Marie Smallface Marule (d. 2014)

Jacob Boy Otto Marule is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2019. During an earlier period of service in the provincial legislature, he was Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture from March 2012 until July 2013. A former member of Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), he is active in the ANC Veterans' League.

Marule was a member of MK's Luthuli Detachment, which undertook the Wankie Campaign of 1967.^[1] While in exile with MK, he met Canadian activist Marie Smallface, whom he married; they had at least one child, a daughter named Tsuaki.^[2] Marule was at one point the Deputy Mayor of Chase, Canada.^[1]

On 13 March 2012, he was appointed to the Limpopo Executive Council by Cassel Mathale, then the Premier of Limpopo, who appointed him MEC for Agriculture.^[1] In March 2013, workers in the provincial Department of Agriculture called for his resignation in protests organised by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union and the Public Service Association, which alleged that Marule interfered improperly in the department's administrative processes.^[3] Months later, in July 2013, Mathale was succeeded as Premier by Stan Mathabatha, who announced a wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle the day after he took office; Marule was one of eight MECs fired.^[4]

Marule did not stand for re-election to the provincial legislature in the 2014 general election.^[5] However, in the next general election in 2019, he was ranked 29th on the ANC's provincial party list and regained his legislative seat.^[5] He was the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC Veterans' League in Limpopo by 2017,^[6][7] and he remained in that office as of March 2022.^[8]

References

1. "Limpopo Premier, Cassel Mathale makes changes to the Executive Council". South African Government. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
2. "Marie Smallface-Marule: Indigenous rights activist fought colonialism". Windspeaker. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
3. Moloto, Moloko (12 March 2013). "Limpopo MEC must step down, say staff". IOL. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
4. "New premier Stan Mathabatha fires 8 of 10 Limpopo MECs". News24. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
5. "Jacob Boy Otto Marule". People's Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
6. "Heed veteran concerns – Mkhize". Polokwane Observer. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
7. Sekhotho, Katleho (12 October 2018). "Limpopo ANC Vets League wants action against those implicated in VBS looting". EWN. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
8. "ANC veteran Richard Mothupi laid to rest in Limpopo". SABC News. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

External links

• Mr Jacob Boy Otto Marule at People's Assembly