Jerome Joseph Maake is a South African politician and former political prisoner under apartheid who served as the Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence from 2019 until 2024.
In 1982 Maake was arrested and sentenced to thirteen years imprisonment at Robben Island.
After the 1985 State of Emergency, he left South Africa and travelled to Angola again and attended a MK refresher course.
[2] He has served on the police, intelligence, defence, education, arts and culture, and public enterprises committees.
[4] Maake was ranked too low on the ANC national list to be returned to parliament following the 2024 general election.