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Parks Tau was born on 1970 in Orlando, Soweto, South Africa, is a South African politician. Discover Parks Tau's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

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1970

Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau (born 1970) is a South African politician who has been a Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since March 2023 and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since February 2023, representing the African National Congress.

Tau was born in Orlando West, a neighbourhood of Soweto, on 6 June 1970.

At the age of fourteen, he joined the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), and became engaged in student activism for the first time.

1980

In the 1980s, he was detained several times during national states of emergency—periods of strict restrictions on anti-apartheid activities—which were declared by the apartheid government of the time that was determined to regain control over the population.

Tau was later elected president of the Student Representative Council at Pace Commercial College.

1989

In 1989, at the age of 19, Tau was elected president of the Soweto Youth Congress, and later he became a member of the African National Congress Youth League.

1996

He was 24 years old when he was elected regional secretary of the ANC in Johannesburg and in 1996, he went on to serve on the Southern Metropolitan Local Council's Urban Development Committee.

2000

In 2000, Tau was appointed as a Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) of Johannesburg, overseeing the portfolios of Developmental Planning, Transportation, and Environment from 2000 to 2003, as well as the Finance and Economic Development portfolio between 2003 and 2011.

2011

After the ANC retained their majority of seats on the Johannesburg City Council in the municipal elections held on 18 May 2011, Tau was fielded as the party's candidate to succeed Amos Masondo at the inaugural council meeting on 26 May.

Tau easily defeated a challenge from the DA's Mmusi Maimane, winning with over 160 votes to become the second mayor of the Johannesburg metro.

During his time in office, Tau focused on continuing the work of his predecessor, expanding the public transport system, committed to a ZAR 100 billion infrastructure programme, rolled out citywide free Internet access, and added the Jozi@Work employment scheme.

2012

In 2012, it was reported that Tau's wife, Pilisiwe Twala-Tau received a stake in a Capitec Bank black economic empowerment deal in 2006 worth around R10 million to manage the Johannesburg council's R2-billion liability redemption fund, led by Regiments Capital.

At the time, Tau was the MMC responsible for treasury and was responsible for the awarding of the contract.

2016

He lost the mayoralty to the DA's Herman Mashaba in a historic defeat on the 22 of August 2016.

For the 2016 municipal elections, Tau was selected as the ANC's mayoral candidate for the metro.

In the municipal elections, the ANC's lost its majority on the city council for the first time.

The party's vote share in the metro declined to only 45% while the DA received 38% of the vote.

The kingmakers in council, the Economic Freedom Fighters, subsequently announced that they would vote for the DA's mayoral candidate, Herman Mashaba at the inaugural council meeting to oust Tau.

Mashaba was elected mayor on 23 August 2016, defeating Tau in a vote that went 144–125.

He subsequently took up the position of leader of the opposition in council.

2018

From 2018 to 2022, he was the provincial treasurer of the Gauteng ANC branch.

In December 2022, he was elected to a five-year term on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.

At the ANC's provincial conference in July 2018, Tau was elected as the provincial treasurer of the party.

2019

Prior to that, he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between May 2019 and December 2020.

Tau was the second democratically elected mayor, after Amos Masondo, of the Unified City of Johannesburg.

The following year, he vacated his position as leader of the ANC caucus in the Johannesburg City Council after having been elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in the 2019 general election.

Shortly afterwards, Tau was appointed as Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa.

He was the only deputy minister appointed to not be a Member of Parliament.

2020

Before becoming a member of Parliament, Tau had been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature where he served in the Gauteng Executive Council as MEC for Economic Development from December 2020 to October 2022.

In December 2020, Gauteng premier David Makhura announced a reshuffle of his provincial executive, in which Tau was appointed as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Economic Development.

He resigned from the National Executive to be sworn in as a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature to take up the position.

Morakane Mosupyoe succeeded Tau as provincial treasurer at the ANC's provincial conference in June 2022.

Tau was not elected to the ANC Provincial Elective Committee (PEC), which led to speculation that he would be removed from the Executive Council.

After Panyaza Lesufi was promoted to premier in October 2022, he announced his executive council, which excluded Tau.

Tau was subsequently made chairperson of the legislature's Finance Committee.

Tau was, however, elected to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress at the party's 55th National Conference in December 2022.

On 26 January 2023, it was announced that Tau would be sworn in as a member of the National Assembly of South Africa amid speculation that he would be appointed to cabinet as a minister.

On 1 February 2023, Tau was replaced as chairperson of the Gauteng legislature's Finance Committee after he had resigned from the provincial legislature.

Tau was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 6 February 2023.

A month later, he returned to the position of Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs following a cabinet reshuffle done by Ramaphosa.