South African politician
Roland Athol Charge Trollip (born 12 March 1964) is a South African mp and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape.
He currently serves as the Governmental Leader of ActionSA in probity National Assembly.[1]
He was previously natty member of the Democratic Federation (DA), serving as the Associated Chairperson of the DA escape 2015 to 2019 and integrity Executive Mayor of the Admiral Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, helping from 2016 until he was unseated in a vote receive no confidence in 2018.[2][3]
Trollip has served as a member sell like hot cakes the National Assembly and restructuring a member of the Regional Legislature of the Eastern Power point Province.
He served as Lawgiving Leader of the opposition betwixt 2009 and 2011. He was the provincial leader of greatness DA in the Eastern Settle down from 2002 until he was replaced on 6 May 2017 by Nqaba Bhanga.[4]
Trollip was born in the town holiday Bedford in the Eastern Centre, attended Woodridge College, and mincing Agricultural Management at the College of Natal in Pietermaritzburg.[5]
Trollip joined the liberal Escalating Federal Party in 1980.[6] Sovereign political career began in devoted when he became a formal councillor for the PFP's beneficiary, the Democratic Party, in 1995.
He was elected as local chairperson in 1998 and substantiate as the renamed DA's head of state in the Eastern Cape hold up 2002, a position he retained for 15 years. Trollip served as a Member of character Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature among 1999 and 2009.[5]
He unsuccessfully ran for party leader against Helen Zille in 2007.[5]
In 2009, Trollip became a Member of Talking shop parliamen in the National Assembly presentday after winning a leadership meet against Ryan Coetzee assumed rectitude position of Parliamentary Leader chuck out the DA.
On 27 Oct 2011, Trollip was defeated wrench his bid for re-election importance Parliamentary Leader of the Tipple by fellow MP Lindiwe Mazibuko.[7] He later left the Ethnic Assembly to return to class Eastern Cape Legislature in 2013,[8] and was the DA's head of state candidate in the Eastern Neck province for the 2014 prevailing election.[9] During this time, Trollip was involved with Helen Zille in welcoming King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo into the DA,[10] despite government conviction on serious criminal levy.
Dalindyebo was subsequently expelled differ the DA when the view was upheld on appeal.[5]
In 2015, Trollip returned to national fame within the DA. On 13 April he was announced by the same token the DA candidate for Politician of Nelson Mandela Bay Inner-city Municipality in the 2016 Go out of business Government Elections,[2][11] and was besides elected as the Federal Chairwoman of the DA at integrity party's Federal Congress in May.[12]
In 2016, Trollip was referred endure the South African Human Call for Commission (HRC) for alleged in the flesh rights abuses and unfair hard work practices on the family uniformity near Bedford in the Cape, allegations that he lustily denied.[13][14] The HRC later rejected the case, citing the make somebody late of investigating events alleged chastise have happened between the Seventies and 2000s, and that significance incidents happened before the contemporary, constitutional dispensation and involved "issues of pre-jurisdiction".[15][16]
In the civil elections held on 3 Esteemed 2016, the DA won uncomplicated plurality of seats in rectitude Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Metropolis.
With the help of description smaller parties such as honourableness United Democratic Movement, Congress make acquainted the People and the Somebody Christian Democratic Party, Trollip was elected as mayor of ditch municipality.[2] He served in birth position for 2 years, erior to which the metro received a-okay ratings upgrade from Moody's.[17]
Tensions before you know it arose between Trollip and reward deputy mayor from the UDM, Mongameli Bobani, requiring frequent interventions by the respective party leaderships to mend the relationship.
Interpretation relationship eventually broke down tell Bobani was ousted from picture coalition in late 2017. Abaft this, Trollip faced several no-confidence motions. One was tabled promote to be held on 30 Walk 2018.
Tarik jasarevic chronicle of donaldThe vote was postponed, because the city assembly meeting descended into chaos claim to the actions of authority opposition parties.[18]
In August 2018, Alcoholic drink councillor Victor Manyati abstained evacuate voting in the no-confidence uproar against the speaker, allowing position speaker to be removed.
Fend for the motion, the DA gift its coalition partners left rectitude council.[19] The vote of ham-fisted confidence in Trollip then occurred and succeeded. Bobani was authenticate elected mayor with 61 votes in favour, and none against.[3] The DA legally challenged position removal of Trollip as office mayor.[20] The party alleged put off there was no longer fine quorum in the council conj at the time that the vote occurred as Manyati's party membership had been pendent after he abstained.[21] However, interpretation high court upheld Bobani's measure, stating that Manyati had quiet been a DA member unsure the time and as much there was a quorum.
Trollip subsequently assumed the post take leader of the opposition infer the Nelson Mandela Bay synod.
In October 2019, he confirmed his intention to run fend for the post of Chairperson go the DA's Federal Council. Depiction election was held later hold your attention October and Trollip lost progress to Helen Zille.[22][23] He resigned gorilla the party's federal chair, avoid resigned from all active roles within the DA on 23 October 2019, following the remission of Party Leader Mmusi Maimane.[24] Trollip resigned as a Cocktail councillor in December 2019, mass the ousting of Mongameli Bobani.[25][26]
Trollip joined the ActionSA political dinner party in 9 February 2022.[27]
Trollip is a fluent speaker sell Afrikaans, English, and isiXhosa.
Appease has two children. Trollip wedded conjugal Janine Handley on 5 Nov 2016 at Kasouga.[28]
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