Paul Ditshetelo

Kgomotso Paul Harry Ditshetelo (16 October 1936 – 11 October 2011) was a South African politician who represented the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009. He was also the deputy president of the UCDP from 1998 to 2011. During apartheid, he was a politician and civil servant in Bophuthatswana.

Political career Ditshetelo was born on 16 October 1936 in the region that later became the North West province. In 1972, he was a founding member of Lucas Mangope's Tswana National Party, In 1989, he was appointed as a governor in the homeland government, stationed at Kudumane. and re-elected in 2004. He was elected to a third term in 2009 but declined to be sworn into the seat.

Personal life and death He was married to politician Celia Ditshetelo, with whom he had three children and several grandchildren. He died on 11 October 2011 in a hospital in Johannesburg after a lengthy illness.