Mpowele Swathe

Mpowele Swathe MP
Shadow Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
In office 2009–2014
Leader	Helen Zille
Succeeded by	Thomas Walters
Member of Parliament for Limpopo
In office 2004–2014
Personal details
Born	Limpopo Province
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance

Mpowele Swathe is a South African politician, a former Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance, and the former Shadow Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform.

Early life

Swathe was born in Limpopo, became part of Black Consciousness Movement in the late 1980s, and joined the United Democratic Front in 1990 and the African National Congress. He later qualified as a teacher in 1996.^[1]

Parliamentary career

Swathe retired from politics in 1996 before joining the Democratic Party in 2000, getting elected to parliament in the 2004 South African general election.^[1] In March 2014 it became known that Swathe had joined the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP), and his name appeared on both parties' lists for the 2014 general election.^[2] UCDP did not win any seats.

References

1. "Mpowele Mexan Swathe". People's Assembly. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

Political offices
Preceded by ??	Shadow Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform 2009–present	Incumbent