Tony Marais

Anthony Marais (28 August 1952 – 27 January 2019) was a South African politician from the Free State. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature from 2002 to 2006. Before that, he was a Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from 1994 to 2002. After leaving government, he joined the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in 2013.

Early life and activism Marais was born on 28 August 1952. According to his wife, he joined the ANC as a teenager and was recruited into Umkhonto we Sizwe. He later chaired the Free State branch of the South African National Civic Organisation. He was elected to a second term in the 1999 general election.

In 2002, Marais resigned from the national Parliament in order to fill an ANC seat in the Free State Provincial Legislature. He died on 27 January 2019.