Bella Kupa

Bella Kupa
MPL
Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 June 2024
Personal details
Born (1972-07-27) 27 July 1972
PartyAfrican National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Constance Ramadimetja "Bella" Kupa (born 27 July 1972), also known as Bella Kupa-Mabuza, is a South African politician from Limpopo. Formerly the mayor of Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality between 2016 and 2018, she has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since June 2024.

Life and career

Kupa was born on 27 July 1972.[1] She began her political career in the ANC and ANC Youth League in Marble Hall, ultimately rising to the position of regional treasurer of the ANC's branch in Sekukhune.[2]

In the August 2016 local elections, she was elected as mayor of Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality in Marble Hall.[3] However, the provincial ANC ordered her to resign the mayoral office in December 2018 after it emerged that the municipality under Kupa's leadership had invested R82 million in VBS Bank.[4]

Thereafter she represented the ANC as a councillor and Member of the Mayoral Committee in Sekhukhune District Municipality.[5][6] During her tenure in Sekukhune, in June 2022, she was also elected to the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Limpopo branch.[7]

In the May 2024 general election, Kupa was elected to represent the ANC in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, ranked sixth on the provincial party list.[1] She was also elected as chairperson of the legislature's Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.[8] At the ANC's next provincial elective conference in March 2026, she was re-elected to the party's Provincial Executive Committee and additionally appointed to its Provincial Working Committee.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Final Candidate Lists for 2024 National and Provincial Elections: Provincial Candidates" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "New mayor: Serving the people is her passion" (PDF). The Voice of Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality. Vol. 4. 2016. p. 6. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "13 female mayors appointed in Limpopo". Polokwane Observer. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Sacked VBS-linked Limpopo mayors to be charged". Sowetan. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Yende, Sizwe Sama (4 April 2022). "Limpopo municipality lost R3.2 million in VBS debacle, not the reported R48 000". News24. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "District mayoral committee portfolios changed". Middelburg Observer. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Smooth sailing at ANC Limpopo's 10th elective conference". Review. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Constance Ramadimetja Kupa". People's Assembly. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Three additional members appointed to the ANC PEC in Limpopo". SABC News. 8 April 2026. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
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