{{short description|South African politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Pule Thole | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature | term_start = 21 May 2014 | term_end = 15 March 2016 | predecessor = | successor = Melinda Hattingh | birth_name = Pule Isaac Thole | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic Alliance (Until 2016) | other_party = | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Advocate | known_for = | committees = | awards = | website = }} '''Pule Isaac Thole''' is a South African advocate and former SAPS brigadier who served as a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance from 2014 to 2016.

==Biography== Thole served as a brigadier in the South African Police Service until his election to the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature in May 2014.<ref name="Pol">{{cite web |title=2014 elections: Members of Northern Cape legislature |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/2014-elections-members-of-northern-cape-legislatur |website=Politicsweb |accessdate=11 October 2020 |date=18 May 2014}}</ref> He was one of seven Democratic Alliance members.<ref name="Pol" /> Thole was the party's spokesperson on transport, safety and liaison.<ref>{{cite web |title=DA: Pule Thole: Address by DA Provincial Spokesperson on Transport, Safety and Liaison, during the debate on Human Rights Day (17/03/2015) |url=https://www.polity.org.za/article/da-pule-thole-address-by-da-provincial-spokesperson-on-transport-safety-and-liaison-during-the-debate-on-human-rights-day-17032015-2015-03-17 |website=Polity |accessdate=11 October 2020}}</ref>

In January 2016, Thole announced his resignation from the DA. His resignation came into effect in mid-March. The DA appointed Melinda Hattingh to fill his seat in the legislature.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kwon Hoo |first1=Sandi |title=DA man quits 'over tensions' |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/diamond-fields-advertiser/20160115/281539404955544 |accessdate=11 October 2020 |newspaper=Diamond Fields Advertiser (Pressreader) |date=15 March 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{People's Assembly (South Africa)|pule-isaac-thole|Pule Isaac Thole}}

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