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Malizole Diko
Malizole Diko (died 28 July 2006) was a South African politician who served in the National Assembly from April 2004 until his death in July 2006. He was the Deputy President of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) until the floor-crossing period of September 2005, when he left to establish his own breakaway party, the United Independent Front (UIF). Political career Diko rose through the Western Cape structures of the UDM to become the party's national spokesperson, its national secretary-general, and finally its national deputy president under UDM president Bantu Holomisa. In the 2004 general election, he was elected to represent the UDM in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament. On 5 August 2005, while he was UDM deputy president, he and five other senior UDM members were suspended from the party amid reports that they intended to defect from the party in the upcoming floor-crossing period. The Cape High Court overturned the suspensio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Independent Front
The United Independent Front (UIF) was a political party in South Africa. It broke away from the United Democratic Movement (UDM). Until his death in 2006, it was led by Malizole Diko. He and Nomakhaya Mdaka were the sole members of parliament and left the UDM on 15 September 2005 during the floor crossing period. The party failed to win any seats in the 2009 general election and have since failed to renew their registration with the Independent Electoral Commission An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c .... Election results References External linksUnited Independent Front Official Site Defunct political parties in South Africa Political parties with year of disestablishment missing Political parties with year of establishment missing {{SouthAfrica-pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomakhaya Mdaka
Nomakhaya Mavis Mdaka is a South African politician who served in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014, representing variously the United Democratic Movement (UDM), the United Independent Front (UIF), and the African National Congress (ANC). She defected from the UDM to the UIF during the floor-crossing period of 2005 and then from the UIF to the ANC during the floor-crossing period of 2007. After she resigned from the National Assembly in November 2014, Mdaka joined the African Transformation Movement (ATM). Political career Prior to her election to Parliament, Mdaka was a member of the ANC. She was active in the ANC Women's League in Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape and she represented the party as a local councillor in Chris Hani District and Engcobo Local Municipality. United Democratic Movement: 2004–2005 In the 2004 general election, Mdaka was elected to the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament, representing the UDM in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Democratic Movement (South Africa) Politicians
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a centre-left, social-democratic, South African political party, formed by a prominent former National Party leader, Roelf Meyer (who has since resigned from the UDM), a former African National Congress and Transkei homeland leader, General Bantu Holomisa, and a former ANC Executive Committee member, John Taylor. It has an anti-separatist, pro-diversity platform; and supports an individualist South Africa with a strong moral sense, in both social and economic senses. Along with the much larger Democratic Alliance (DA) and other smaller parties, the UDM is currently part of the governing coalition in Johannesburg, South Africa's largest Metropolitan municipality. Mongameli Bobani was the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality from 2018 to 2019 and the first mayor from the UDM since the party governed King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality (2000-2002). Formation The National Consultative Forum During hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century South African Politicians
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Members Of The National Assembly Of South Africa
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List Of Members Of The National Assembly Of South Africa Who Died In Office
The following is a list of members of the National Assembly of South Africa who died in office since the chamber's establishment following the introduction of universal suffrage in South Africa in 1994. 22nd Parliament (1994–1999) 23rd Parliament (1999–2004) 24th Parliament (2004–2009) 25th Parliament (2009–2014) 26th Parliament (2014–2019) 27th Parliament (2019–2024) References {{reflist South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ... Parliament of South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, first post-apartheid election installed Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent national President, has served as President of the ANC since 18 December 2017. Founded on 8 January 1912 in Bloemfontein as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), the organisation was formed to agitate, by moderate methods, for the rights of black South Africans. When the National Party (South Africa), National Party government came to power 1948 South African general election, in 1948, the ANC's central purpose became to oppose the new government's policy of institutionalised apartheid. To this end, its methods and means of organisation shifted; its adoption of the techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 South African Floor-crossing Window Period
The 2007 floor crossing window period in South Africa was a period of 15 days, from 1 to 15 September 2007, in which members of the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures, and municipal councils were able to cross the floor from one political party to another without giving up their seats. The period was authorised by the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa, which scheduled regular window periods in the second and fourth September after each election. The previous general election had been held on 14 April 2004, and a previous window period had occurred in September 2005. In the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures, the changes were minor, with the most significant development being the creation of the African People's Convention by departing members of the Pan Africanist Congress. The tables below show all the changes; in those provinces not listed there was no change in the provincial legislature. Tables National Assembly , -style="b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zintle Alexia Ndlazi
Zintle Alexia Ndlazi (born 4 April 1955) is a South African politician who served in the National Assembly for two partial terms from 2007 to 2009 and from 2010 to 2014. She joined Parliament as a member of the United Independent Front (UIF) in August 2007 but crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC) a month later. Legislative career Ndlazi was born on 4 April 1955. She was a member of the UIF, a party formed in 2005 as a breakaway from the United Democratic Movement. She first joined the National Assembly on 15 August 2007, when she was sworn in to fill the seat of Malizole Diko, the UIF's later leader. On 12 September 2007, during the floor-crossing window and less than a month after she was sworn in to her seat, Ndlazi announced that she would join the UIF's only other MP, Nomakhaya Mdaka Nomakhaya Mavis Mdaka is a South African politician who served in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014, representing variously the United Democratic Movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest (after Johannesburg). Colloquially named the ''Mother City'', it is the largest city of the Western Cape province, and is managed by the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The other two capitals are Pretoria, the executive capital, located in Gauteng, where the Presidency is based, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital in the Free State, where the Supreme Court of Appeal is located. Cape Town is ranked as a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. The city is known for its harbour, for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for landmarks such as Table Mountain and Cape Point. Cape Town is home to 66% of the Western Cape's population. In 2014, Cape Town was named the best place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of South Africa
The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the republic, it sets out the rights and duties of its citizens, and defines the structure of the Government. The current constitution, the country's fifth, was drawn up by the Parliament elected in 1994 in the South African general election, 1994. It was promulgated by President Nelson Mandela on 18 December 1996 and came into effect on 4 February 1997, replacing the Interim Constitution of 1993. The first constitution was enacted by the South Africa Act 1909, the longest-lasting to date. Since 1961, the constitutions have promulgated a republican form of government. Since 1996, the Constitution has been amended by seventeen amendment acts. The Constitution is formally entitled the "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996." It was previously also numbered as if it were an Act of Parliament—Act No. 108 of 1996—but, since the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Democratic Movement
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a centre-left, social-democratic, South African political party, formed by a prominent former National Party leader, Roelf Meyer (who has since resigned from the UDM), a former African National Congress and Transkei homeland leader, General Bantu Holomisa, and a former ANC Executive Committee member, John Taylor. It has an anti-separatist, pro-diversity platform; and supports an individualist South Africa with a strong moral sense, in both social and economic senses. Along with the much larger Democratic Alliance (DA) and other smaller parties, the UDM is currently part of the governing coalition in Johannesburg, South Africa's largest Metropolitan municipality. Mongameli Bobani was the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality from 2018 to 2019 and the first mayor from the UDM since the party governed King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality (2000-2002). Formation The National Consultative Forum During h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
