Raatiqah Tagodien

Raatiqah Tagodien is a South African politician and community activist who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since November 2024, representing the Patriotic Alliance.

[1] She served as the vice chairperson of the school governing body of Blomvlei Primary School in Hanover Park.

[2] She unsuccessfully stood as the Patriotic Alliance's ward councillor candidate in Ward 67 in the City of Cape Town during the 2016 municipal elections and the 2021 municipal elections.

[1] She was sworn in as a Patriotic Alliance councillor in November 2023.

[3] In October 2024, the Patriotic Alliance reshuffled its parliamentary caucus which saw four members of parliament resign to make way for other party members to take up their seats.