Ronald Lamola

Ronald Lamola

Ronald Lamola is a South African politician and former incumbent president of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). In 2019, Ramaphosa II was appointed Minister of Justice and Correctional Services to the cabinet .

Lamola is a lawyer . He joined the ANCYL at the age of 14, was provincial chairman of the South African Students Congres (SASCO) and in 2008/2009 General Secretary of the Young Communist League . In 2009 he was elected regional secretary of ANCYL in Mpumalanga and at the same time spokesman for the influential Prime Minister of Mpumalanga, David Dabede Mabuza , who is a friend of Jacob Zuma .

In 2011, Lamola was elected to the ANCYL National Executive Committee and became Vice-Chairman. He has been acting chairman since Julius Malema was expelled from the African National Congress (ANC) in spring 2012 . As under the Malema presidency, there were sharp attacks against Zuma under Lamola; he called it a mistake if Kgalema Motlanthe did not become the next president of the ANC in December 2012, since only he could create and guarantee economic freedom.

In 2019, Cyril Ramaphosa appointed him to his cabinet as Minister of Justice and Prison .

Web links

• Entry on Lamola in Who's Who South Africa (English; archive version from 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nickolaus Bauer: The next Malema: Is Ronald Lamola ready to lead? . In: Mail & Guardian of February 5, 2012, accessed on August 16, 2012.
2. ↑ Moipone Malefane: Lamola to take over as acting president for league ANCYL . In: Sunday World, February 5, 2012, accessed August 16, 2012.
3. ↑ Motlanthe must be ANC president  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: SABC News of July 26, 2012, accessed on August 16, 2012.