Heinrich Charl "Sandlana" Smit (1955 – 17 September 2022) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature from May 2019 until his death in September 2022. He was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 2019 general election, ranked 19th on the ANC's provincial party list.[1]
Heinrich Smit | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 22 May 2019 – 17 September 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 |
| Died | 17 September 2022 (aged 67) |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Smit was born in 1955[2] and joined the ANC in 1994,[3] the year that apartheid ended. His local ANC branch was in Mangaung in the Free State.[3] He held a range of full-time positions in the provincial party administration and in the provincial government, including in the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and as liaison officer for minorities in the office of the Premier, Ace Magashule.[2][4][5] In 2012 he told News24 that he was a die-hard political supporter of Magashule.[3]
Smit died on 17 September 2022, aged 67, at a guesthouse in Bloemfontein.[6] His body was found in his car outside the guesthouse.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Heinrich Charl Smith". People's Assembly. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Condolences continue to pour in for ANC MPL 'Sandlana'". OFM. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "The people who hold the power: Sandlana Smit". News24. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Poor Free State kids cared for". Sowetan. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "ANC denies using 'poor whites' as puppets". IOL. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Gericke, Marietjie (18 September 2022). "Vrystaatse ANC-politikus dood in gastehuis in Bloem". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
External links
edit- Mr Heinrich Charl Smith at People's Assembly