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List Of Speakers Of The Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
The Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature is the legislative speaker and principal presiding officer in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (until 1995 called the Eastern Transvaal Provincial Legislature). The Speaker chairs the legislature's rules committee and other political management structures. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker are elected from among the Members of the Provincial Legislature and may be removed by a resolution of the legislature. Their election and powers are regulated by Chapter Six of the South African Constitution. Speakers This is a list of Speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since the chamber was established in 1994. References * Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature Speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or ...
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Speaker (politics)
The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerford in the Parliament of England.Lee Vol 28, pp. 257,258. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the chamber or house. The speaker often also represents the body in person, as the voice of the body in ceremonial and some other situations. By convention, speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as 'Mister Speaker', if a man, or 'Madam Speaker', if a woman. In other cultures, other styles are used, mainly being equivalents of English "chairman" or "president". Many bodies also have a speaker '' pro tempore'' (or deputy speaker), designated to fill in ...
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Violet Siwela
Violet Sizani Siwela is a South African politician who has been the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development in the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. A member of the African National Congress, she has been an MP since 2019. Siwela formerly served as a member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and as a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) in the provincial government. In 2009 she was elected as the deputy speaker of the provincial legislature. Siwela became the MEC for Agriculture in 2011. In 2014, she was appointed as the MEC for Human Settlement, a position she held until her removal from the executive council in a reshuffle done by premier David Mabuza in August 2016. In March 2018, she was elected as the speaker of the provincial legislature. Siwela was elected to Parliament in 2019. References External links *Profileat Parliament of South Africa The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature ...
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Chairs Of Subnational Legislatures
A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest. They may be made of wood, metal, or synthetic materials, and may be padded or upholstered in various colors and fabrics. Chairs vary in design. An armchair has armrests fixed to the seat; a recliner is upholstered and features a mechanism that lowers the chair's back and raises into place a footrest; a rocking chair has legs fixed to two long curved slats; and a wheelchair has wheels fixed to an axis under the seat. Etymology ''Chair'' comes from the early 13th-century English word ''chaere'', from Old French ''chaiere'' ("chair, seat, throne"), from Latin ''cathedra'' ("seat"). History The chair has been used since antiquity, although for many centuries it was a symbolic article of state and dignity rather than an article for ordinary use. "The chair" is still used as the emblem of authority in the House of Commons in the Unit ...
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Chairs Of Unicameral Legislatures
A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest. They may be made of wood, metal, or synthetic materials, and may be padded or upholstered in various colors and fabrics. Chairs vary in design. An armchair has armrests fixed to the seat; a recliner is upholstered and features a mechanism that lowers the chair's back and raises into place a footrest; a rocking chair has legs fixed to two long curved slats; and a wheelchair has wheels fixed to an axis under the seat. Etymology ''Chair'' comes from the early 13th-century English word ''chaere'', from Old French ''chaiere'' ("chair, seat, throne"), from Latin ''cathedra'' ("seat"). History The chair has been used since antiquity, although for many centuries it was a symbolic article of state and dignity rather than an article for ordinary use. "The chair" is still used as the emblem of authority in the House of Commons in the Unite ...
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Members Of Provincial Legislatures Of South Africa
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ...
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Speakers Of The Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In poetry, the literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character; see Character (arts) Electronics * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers, speakers sold for use with computers ** Speaker driver, the essential electromechanical element of the loudspeaker Arts, entertainment and media * Los Speakers (or "The Speakers"), a Colombian rock band from the 1960s * ''The Speaker'' (periodical), a weekly review published in London from 1890 to 1907 * ''The Speaker'' (TV series), a 2009 BBC television series * "Speaker" (song), by David Banner * "Speakers" (Sam Hunt song), 2014 * ''The Speaker'', the second book in Traci Chee's Sea of Ink and Gold trilog ...
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Makhosazane Masilela
Makhosazane Christine Masilela is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since 2019. She was appointed Speaker of the Provincial Legislature in March 2021. Political career Masilela was elected to her legislative seat in the 2019 general election, ranked 19th on the ANC's provincial party list. On 2 March 2021, she was elected unopposed as Speaker of the provincial legislature, with James Skosana as her deputy. Masilela and Skosana succeeded Busisiwe Shiba and her deputy Vusi Mkhatshwa, who had left their offices to join the Mpumalanga Executive Council. Masilela's appointment was welcomed by the opposition Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus. She is also active in the ANC's Ehlanzeni regional branch, the party's largest branch in Mpumalanga. In April 2022, at a party elective conference in White River, she was elected Deputy Regional Chairperson of the Ehlanzeni ANC, beating Mom ...
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Busisiwe Shiba
Busisiwe Paulina "Busi" Shiba (born 10 May 1965) is a South African politician who is the current Mpumalanga MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs. She previously served as the Mpumalanga MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2021 to 2022, as the Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 2019 to 2021 and as the MEC for Social Development from 2016 to 2019. Shiba is a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Shiba was the mayor of the Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality in Carolina before former Premier of Mpumalanga and now deputy president David Mabuza reshuffled his cabinet and made Shiba the new MEC of Social Development soon after the August 2016 local government elections. She was also appointed the convener of the Mpumalanga African National Congress Women's League The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) is an auxiliary women's political organization of the African National Con ...
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Thandi Shongwe
Blessing Thandi Shongwe (born 28 February 1962) is a South African politician who is currently serving as Mpumalanga's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Culture, Sport and Recreation. She formerly served as Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 2014 until March 2018, when she was first appointed to the Mpumalanga Executive Council. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Early life and career Shongwe was born on 28 February 1962 in Barberton in the Transvaal, now part of Mpumalanga province. She trained as a teacher. While working as a teacher and then as a headmaster at primary schools in Mpumalanga, she was active in the ANC's Ehlanzeni regional branch, in the ANC Women's League, and in the South African Democratic Teachers Union. From 2000 to 2006, she was an ANC local councillor in Ehlanzeni and served as the Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for finance and community safety. Career in the legislature In 2009, she wa ...
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Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
The Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (MPL), previously known as the Eastern Transvaal Legislature, is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Mpumalanga. The First Legislature was inaugurated in May 1994 as the Eastern Transvaal Legislature. It was renamed in 1995. The Provincial Legislature, along with the other Provincial legislature (South Africa), provincial legislatures of South Africa, exists by virtue of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of South Africa. It is unicameral, and consists of 30 members elected by a system of party-list proportional representation. The Sixth Provincial Legislature was elected on 8 May 2019 in South Africa's South African general election, 2019, 2019 general elections. A majority of the members belong to the African National Congress. Powers The Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature elects the Premier of Mpumalanga. The legislature can force the Premier to resign by passing a motion of no confidence. Although the Executive Coun ...
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Jackson Mthembu
Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu (5 June 1958 – 21 January 2021) was a South African politician who served as Minister in the Presidency of South Africa's government, and as a parliamentarian for the African National Congress (ANC). Previously, he served as the Whip of Parliament for the ruling ANC as well as the national spokesperson for the ANC. Early life Mthembu was born in Witbank on 5 June 1958. His mother was Nantoni Mthembu. Political career Mthembu served as the MEC for Transport in Mpumalanga from 1997 to 1999, during which he was criticized for spending R2.3 million on ten BMWs. Mthembu was elected to National Assembly of South Africa in 2014 where he served till his death in 2021. On 28 November 2017, some of Mthembu's ANC colleagues criticised him for "colluding" with the DA to schedule a debate on state capture in Parliament in defiance of President Jacob Zuma and his colleagues in the ANC caucus who had already called for a more inclusive process to investigate st ...
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Pinky Phosa
Yvonne Nkwenkwezi "Pinky" Phosa (born 4 September 1956) is a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly for the African National Congress from 2014 until 2019. She was the chairperson of parliament's Standing Committee on Appropriations from 2016 until 2019. Before her election to Parliament, she served in the Mpumalanga provincial government. Phosa is the wife of former ANC treasurer-general and previous Mpumalanga premier Mathews Phosa. Early life and education Phosa was born on 4 September 1956. She obtained a BA degree in social work from University of the North in 1990. In 1988, she studied at Damelin Business School and received a certificate in business management. She obtained her master's degree in public administration from the University of Pretoria in 1998. In 2006, Phosa achieved a certificate in public finance from the University of South Africa. From Wits Business School, she attained a certificate in governance and leadership in 2012 ...
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