Shaun August
Shaun Nigel August is a South African politician and former prison warden. He has been serving as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since February 2022. He was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from May 2019 until February 2022. He is a member of Good and the party's interim national organiser. He began his political career as a member of the Independent Democrats (ID). August was appointed as the party's deputy national organiser in 2006. August joined the Democratic Alliance (DA) when the ID merged with the party and served  as the DA's chief whip in the City of Cape Town council from 2014 to 2018. Early life. August was born in Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats, Cape Town. He only fulfilled Grade 10 while at school. He found employment as a prison warden at the Pollsmoor Prison. Political career. He first met Patricia de Lille when she was on an official parliamentary oversight visit to the prison. When De Lille formed the Independent Democrats in 2003, August joined the party the next year. He became her bodyguard and travelled with her during the 2004 general election campaign . He was elected the party's deputy national organiser in 2006. August became a member of the Cape Town City Council for the ID in May 2009. The ID and Democratic Alliance announced their merger in 2010. He was part of the main discussions. He held dual party membership and in the 2011 municipal elections, he was re-elected to the city council, this time as a member of the DA, as De Lille was elected the city's mayor. In May 2014, August was promoted to the position of chief whip of the council following the resignation of Grant  Pascoe. He was re-elected in the 2016 municipal elections. August was also the DA's metro chairperson from 2015 to 2017. After months of political infighting, De Lille announced her intention to resign as mayor in August 2018. August was seen as a potential mayoral candidate but ultimately chose not to run. She delivered her final speech to council on 25 October. Following her address, August resigned from council and the DA in solidarity with De Lille. She later announced her intention to form a new political party and established Good in December 2018. On 20 January 2019, August  was appointed as the interim national organiser of the party. Parliamentary career. At the 2019 general election, Good won two seats in the National Assembly. August alongside De Lille filled those seats on 22 May 2019. He was appointed chief whip of the party. Provincial parliament. On 7 February 2022, GOOD announced that August would be moving to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, while Brett Herron, the party's sole representative in the provincial parliament, would be moving to the National Assembly in preparation for the party's 2024 election campaign. August became an MPP on 8 February 2022. Shaun