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​Cllr Adolph Marema​​​
Cllr Marema born in Ha-Matsa a small village in Limpopo completed his matric at Mulenga Secondary School in 1998 after studying grade 8 to 11 in Wynberg business college in the city of Johannesburg where he lived with his parents from 1987 in Alexandra township.

Born in 1982 on the month of February day of the 21
st, Cllr Marema enrolled with the Wynberg business college for diploma in Marketing Management from 1999 to 2000. In the 2002  to the year 2006 he was then enrolled with UNISA (University of South Africa) for a Btech qualification in information communications and technologies.

Before entering the political space, Cllr Marema worked in various ICT companies some of which where major businesses in the industry. For example, Multichoice and DDB South Africa where he started as a network support agent, call centre agent, moved to administrative network specialist and thereafter became a senior network specialist under at Momentum. This was between the years of 2007 and 2013. In those years Cllr Marema continued to do short courses in relation to Information communications and technologies. 

In the year 2016 just before becoming a ward councillor, Cllr Marema participated in various political organizations which spearheaded youth politics. Cllr Marema was an executive member of the UNISA SASCO structure, then joined the ANCYL where he became a branch chairperson and thereafter was elected as ward councillor in the year 2016 which was his 1
st 5-year term, completed with a few community development achievements. 

In 2021 he was re-elected for second term as a ward councillor in the city of Johannesburg, where he served in 5 portfolio committees as chairperson. He was also appointed as deputy chief whip of councillors in region E, served as a president of 30 strong voices of Alex which is an NPO formed and actively operating in Alexandra, with a primary mandate of driving community and economic development. 

The son of the hunter is a well-respected and supportive community leader who has successfully championed the following programmes in his ward and across Alexandra as a whole; 
  1. Sponsored 150 young people with learners license booking and issuing fees, under a strict 3 weeks K53 study progra​mme. 
  2. Launched a community volunteering programme where young people can gain work experience and skill. Which then attracted sponsors such as the national youth employment services agency, ORT South Africa and the National youth development agency to sponsor with stipend for participants. 
  3. Built 3 homes for pensioners who lived under completely inhumane conditions, through the help of sponsorships from colleagues, associates and friends.

Cllr Marema who is now the chair of chairs in the city of Johannesburg is currently enrolled as a 2nd year student with Regent business school, studying for a Bachelor of Public Administration degree which is in line with his responsibilities of councillorship and the head of legislature chair of chair. 

He is
commonly known across the city of Johannesburg for his strong character and dedication in driving and actively participating in matters of service delivery. Among other things the SON OF THE HUNTER is a father, a brother, a friend and a mentor to many young people in his community of Alexandra.​​