Parks Tau

Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau MP
Parks Tau (2018)
Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 March 2023 Serving with Zolile Burns-Ncamashe
Minister	Thembi Nkadimeng
In office 29 May 2019 – 9 December 2020 Serving with Obed Bapela
Minister	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Preceded by	Andries Nel
Succeeded by	Thembi Nkadimeng
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 February 2023
Preceded by	Matshidiso Mfikoe
Member of the Gauteng Executive Council for Economic Development
In office 9 December 2020 – 6 October 2022
Premier	David Makhura
Preceded by	Morakane Mosupyoe
Succeeded by	Tasneem Motara
Mayor of Johannesburg
In office 26 May 2011[1] – 22 August 2016
Preceded by	Amos Masondo[1]
Succeeded by	Herman Mashaba[2]
Personal details
Born	1970 (age 53–54)[3] Orlando, Soweto, South Africa
Political party	African National Congress
Spouse	Pilisiwe Twala-Tau[1]
Children	4[1]
Residence(s)	Johannesburg, South Africa

Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau (born 1970) is a South African politician who has been a Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since March 2023 and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since February 2023, representing the African National Congress. Before becoming a member of Parliament, Tau had been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature where he served in the Gauteng Executive Council as MEC for Economic Development from December 2020 to October 2022. Prior to that, he was Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs between May 2019 and December 2020.

Tau was the second democratically elected mayor, after Amos Masondo, of the Unified City of Johannesburg. He lost the mayoralty to the DA's Herman Mashaba in a historic defeat on 22 August 2016. From 2018 to 2022, he was the provincial treasurer of the Gauteng ANC branch. In December 2022, he was elected to a five-year term on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.