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词条 Zelda Jongbloed
释义

  1. Life and career

  2. Death and legacy

  3. References

  4. External links

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| office = Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration
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}}Zelda Jongbloed (née Erasmus; 3 October 1950 - 21 July 2018) was a veteran South African journalist and politician. She was a Member of the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance from 2014 to 2018. She was Shadow Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration. She formerly worked for the Rapport and Die Burger in senior positions.[1]

Life and career

Zelda Erasmus was born on 3 October 1950 in Great Brak River in the Cape Province. She obtained a BA degree in education from the University of the Western Cape. She later achieved an MA degree in journalism at Rhodes University.[2]

She had been a journalist for 40 years. She began her career as a cadet reporter for the Cape Herald. In 1976, she and her then-husband started the Herald Het Suid Western weekly newspaper in the town of George. She had, by that time, started doing work for the Rapport newspaper.

In 1979, Jongbloed was appointed a senior journalist for the now-defunct Evening Post in Port Elizabeth. She was then employed by a private company in Namibia and worked for the company for a long period. In 1981, she became a senior journalist at the Rapport newspaper. In 1986, she was appointed the editor of the Rapport Ekstra. She was later promoted to the post of deputy editor of the Rapport.

In 2010, she was the acting editor of Die Burger Eastern Cape. Jongbloed was also a political columnist for both the Rapport and Die Burger. She the author of the consumer category "Kampvegter" in Die Burger. In 2012, she stepped down from Naspers. Jongbloed was, at the time, both deputy editor of the Rapport and Die Burger.

In 2014, Jongbloed was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa. She was sworn in as a Member on 21 May 2014. She was appointed Deputy Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and later on in November 2016, she was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration.[3]

She sat on several parliamentary committees. The committees included: the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, and on the Multiparty Women's Caucus Committee.[4][5]

Death and legacy

Jongbloed died of cancer on 21 July 2018 in her home in the Mowbray suburb of Cape Town. She was 67 at the time of her death. Upon her death, the Democratic Alliance released a statement in which they praised Jongbloed. Her funeral was held on 28 July 2018 in her hometown of Great Brak River.[6]

References

1. ^Londt, Jaco. [https://www.knysnaplettherald.com/News/Article/Politics/the-da-has-lost-a-giant-today-201807210540 The DA has lost a giant today], Knysna-Plett Herald, 21 July 2018. Retrieved on 29 March 2019.
2. ^Lloyd, Jason. [https://www.litnet.co.za/zelda-jongbloed/ Zelda Jongbloed], Litnet, 27 July 2017. Retrieved on 29 March 2019.
3. ^Evans, Jenni. [https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/former-journalist-turned-mp-zelda-jongbloed-dies-20180722 Former journalist turned MP Zelda Jongbloed dies], News24, 22 July 2018. Retrieved on 29 March 2019.
4. ^Human, Jaco. [https://www.ofm.co.za/article/national/264063/veteran-journalist-passed-away Veteran journalist passed away], OFM, 22 July 2018. Retrieved on 29 March 2019.
5. ^[https://www.politicsweb.co.za/archive/the-das-shadow-cabinet--mmusi-maimane The DA's shadow cabinet - Mmusi Maimane]. Retrieved on 29 March 2019.
6. ^[https://mainnews.net/africa/south-africa-former-journalist-turned-mp-zelda-jongbloed-dies/ South Africa: Former Journalist Turned MP Zelda Jongbloed Dies]. Retrieved on 29 March 2019.

External links

  • [https://www.pa.org.za/person/zelda-jongbloed/#experience People's Assembly profile]
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9 : Living people|Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians|Members of the National Assembly of South Africa|Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa|Coloured South African people|21st-century women politicians|21st-century South African politicians|1950 births|2018 deaths

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