Marius Redelinghuys

The Honourable Marius Redelinghuys MP

Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2014
Leader	Helen Zille
National Spokesperson: Democratic Alliance
In office 30 May 2014 – 10 July 2015
Preceded by	Mmusi Maimane
Succeeded by	Refiloe Ntsekhe
Personal details
Born	Marius Helenis Redelinghuys (1987-09-15) 15 September 1987 Middelburg, Transvaal Province
Nationality	South African
Political party	COPE (2009 - 2011) DA (2011–present)
Residence	Centurion, Gauteng
Alma mater	University of Pretoria
Website	www.mariusmr.net

Marius "Manqoba" Redelinghuys is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA).^[1]^[2] He was first elected to the National Assembly on 7 May following the 2014 national elections. For a brief period he had also been one of two DA National Spokespersons^[3]

He is also the current chairperson of the Mandela Rhodes Community, an alumni network for the Mandela Rhodes Scholarship.

Early Life and Education

Redelinghuys was born in 1987 in Middelburg in what was then known as the Transvaal Province. He matriculated with distinction in 2005 at Hoërskool Brits in Brits, North West.

Redelinghuys obtained a BPolSci (Political Science) degree with distinction from the University of Pretoria in 2008. He was awarded a Mandela Rhodes Scholarship in 2009 to complete his BA (Hons) Political Studies degree, which obtained in the same year, also with distinction.

Early career

At first Redelinghuys pursued a career in academia, tutoring at the University of Pretoria and later lecturing at the Midrand Graduate Institute in Midrand, Johannesburg.

At this time, Redelinghuys was also actively involved in the Congress of the People in various roles, and was ultimately appointed as the National Spokesperson for its Youth Movement.

In October 2011, following his resignation from COPE,^[3] he took up the position of Parliamentary Research and Communications Officer for the Democratic Alliance in Cape Town, specifically working on the Security Cluster, which included the Ministries of Police, Justice and Constitutional Development, State Security, Defence and Military Veterans, and Correctional Services.

Eight months later, Redelinghuys was appointed the Director of Communications and Research for the DA in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, a position that he held for approximately two years until his election to Parliament in May 2014.

Political career

Redelinghuys first became involved in party politics during the 2006 local government elections and was actively involved in student politics while still at university, serving as a Member of the Student Parliament in 2009^[1]

In the 2011 local government elections he unsuccessfully stood as a Congress of the People candidate for City of Tshwane ward 65,^[4] which is located in Centurion and mainly covers Irene.

Redelinghuys stood as a DA parliamentary candidate from Gauteng in the 2014 national elections, and was subsequently elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 21 May 2014.

On 30 May 2014, DA Federal Executive Chairperson James Selfe announced that he was appointed, along with fellow Member of Parliament Phumzille van Damme, as one of two National Spokespersons for the party following the election of National Spokesperson Mmusi Maimane as Parliamentary Leader.^[5] According to Selfe, "the appointment of two national spokespeople was deemed necessary in light of the growth of the DA in the 7 May general elections and the increased need to reach a broader spectrum of South African society".

On 8 December 2014, Redelinghuys posted an article on his Facebook page under the heading "Blacks are right to mistrust whites".^[6] On 28 June 2015, a politician of the Freedom Front Plus picked up on this and posted it on his own Facebook page.^[7] This he followed up on 3 July 2015 with a question via a tweet to the DA leadership regarding their position on Redelinghuys' views.^[7] After numerous retweets, the DA leader Mmusi Maimane appointed a new second national spokesperson in Refiloe Ntsekhe to take over from Redelinghuys.^[8]^[9]

Personal life

In November 2014 Redelinghuys married Steven Hussey, a fellow Mandela Rhodes Scholar,^[10] and currently lives in Gauteng.^[1]

References

Offices held

Political offices
Preceded by Mmusi Maimane	National Spokesperson for the Opposition 30 May 2014–10 July 2015	Succeeded by Refiloe Ntsekhe

Current members of the National Assembly of South Africa by party

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DA	Maimane America Atkinson Bagraim Baker Balindlela Basson Bergman Bhanga Boshoff Brauteseth Breytenbach Cardo Cassim Chance Davis De Freitas De Kock Dreyer Esau Figg Figlan Gana George Gqada Greyling Grootboom Hadebe Hill-Lewis Hoosen Horn Hunsinger L James W James Jongbloed Kalyan Kohler Barnard Kopane Kruger Krumbock Lees Lorimer Lotriet Lovemore Mackay MacKenzie Macpherson Majola E Marais K Marais Masango Matsepe Maynier Mbhele McGluwa McLoughlin Mhlongo Michael Mileham Mokgalapa Motau Mubu Ollis Rabotapi Redelinghuys Robinson Ross Schmidt Selfe Seshoka Shinn Stander Steenhuisen Steenkamp Steyn Stubbe Tarabella Marchesi Terblanche Van Damme van der Walt van der Westhuizen Van Dyk Van Onselen Volmink Vos Walters Waters Whitfield Wilson

EFF	Malema Gardee Joseph Khawula Khoza Litchfield-Tshabalala Louw Mashabela Matiase Matlhoko Matshobeni Maxon Mbatha Mente-Nqweniso Mngxitama Moonsamy Morapela Moteka Mulaudzi Ndlozi Ntobongwana Ramakatsa Shivambu Sonti Twala

IFP	Buthelezi Esterhuizen Hlengwa Mcwango Mphontshane Nkomo Oriani-Ambrosini Singh Sithole Van Der Merwe

NFP	kaMagwasa-Msibi Khubisa Mabika Mncwabe Shaik Emam Shelembe

UDM	Holomisa Filtane Kwankwa Majeke

FF+	P Mulder Alberts Groenewald C Mulder

COPE	Lekota Carter Madisha

ACDP	Meshoe Dudley Swart

AIC	Galo Jafta Ntshayisa

Agang SA	Plouamma Tshishonga

PAC	Mphethi

APC	Godi

Party leaders in italics

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