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List Of Members Of The Senate Of South Africa, 1999–2004
This article lists the members of the National Council of Provinces during the 23rd South African Parliament, which sat between 1999 and 2004. Members were elected after the elections of 2 June 1999, South Africa's second under universal suffrage. The governing African National Congress (ANC) performed extremely well in the provincial elections, retaining majorities in seven provincial legislatures and winning additional seats in the two others; it therefore dominated the National Council of Provinces, where 34 of the 54 permanent delegates were ANC members. Delegates to the National Council of Provinces The following lists the permanent delegates to the National Council of Provinces as of 23 September 1999. At that time, Naledi Pandor was the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, with Lawrence Mushwana Adv Lawrence Mabendle Mushwana (born 3 March 1948) was the Public Protector of South Africa before advocate Thuli Madonsela succeeded him. Mushwana was appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Council Of Provinces
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the (post-apartheid) constitution which came into full effect in 1997. It replaced the former Senate, but is very similar to that body, and to many other upper houses of legislatures throughout the world, in that its purpose is to represent the governments of the provinces, rather than directly representing the people. Composition The NCOP consists of ninety delegates, ten delegates for each of the nine provinces regardless of the population of the province. Each province is equally represented in the NCOP. A provincial delegation is composed of six permanent delegates and four special delegates. The party representation in the delegation must proportionally reflect the party representation in the provincial legislature, based on a formula included in the Constitution. The permanent delegates are selected by the nine provincial legislatures. The four special delegates include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
