Bonakele Amos Majuba (born 10 May 1968) is a South African politician and educator who has served as the MEC (Member of the Executive Council) for Finance inMpumalanga since June 2024. Previously, he served as the MEC for Education from May 2019 until June 2024. A member of theAfrican National Congress, he has been a Member of theMpumalanga Provincial Legislature since May 2009. Majuba was the deputy speaker of the provincial legislature between March 2018 and May 2019.

Majuba matriculated from Mehlomakhulu Senior Secondary School and then went on to study at the then Transvaal College of Education where he achieved his senior teachers diploma in 1991.^[3] He worked as a teacher at St Joseph's Comprehensive School from 1992 to 2000.^[3]

Majuba was elected as the regional secretary of theSouth African Democratic Teachers Union for the Western regional office inKwaMhlanga in 2001. He was elected as the SADTU Deputy Provincial Secretary in 2006. In 2004, Majuba was elected as the deputy chairperson of theSouth African Communist Party's Ephraim Mogale District.^[3]

From 2007 to 2008, Majuba was the acting provincial secretary of the SACP inMpumalanga. He was also elected deputy president of SADTU in 2008.^[3] After the2009 provincial election, Majuba became a Member of theMpumalanga Provincial Legislature for theAfrican National Congress.^[3] He was then elected as the provincial secretary of the SACP later in 2009.^[3] He was a member of the provincial legislature's Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the education committee, and many other committees during the fourth legislative term (2009 to 2014). Majuba also served as the chairperson of the Public Works, Roads and Transport committee from 2009 to 2012.^[3] Following the2014 provincial elections, Majuba was appointed to five committees. He was elected as the deputy speaker of the provincial legislature in March 2018.^[2]

Following the2019 provincial election, premierRefilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane appointed Majuba as theMember of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Mpumalanga Department of Education.^[4]

Following the2024 general election, Manzini was moved from the education to the finance portfolio by the newly elected premierMandla Ndlovu.^[5]

• Bonakele Amos Majuba at People's Assembly

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