Michael Waters

Micheal is originally from England but migrated with his family to South Africa in 1972. He completed a diploma in Human Resources at WITS Technikon. Mr Waters joined the Democratic Party in 1989 and held a number of positions in the youth structure of party and was elected as the Youth President in 1994. He got elected to Parliament in 1999 and got re-elected in 2004. Since his election to Parliament, Mr Waters served as a spokesperson for several portfolios, such as the Post Office, Home Affairs, Public Service and Administration, HIV/AIDS, Social Development and his current portfolio, Child Abuse and Health. In 2009 Mr Waters was re-elected to Parliament once again and is currently appointed as the Shadow Minister of Social Development and the DA’s whip in the National Assembly.

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