Cecil Bernard Herandien (born 8 March 1951) is a retired South African politician who represented the New National Party (NNP) in the

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from 2001 to 2005. Before that, he served in the

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, where he was

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(MEC) for Housing.

Western Cape Provincial Parliament

During the first democratic Parliament, Herandien served in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and as the provincial MEC for Housing. He retained both positions after the 1999 general election. In addition, on 12 November 2001, Herandien was sworn in as Acting Premier of the Western Cape after the incumbent,

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, quit acrimoniously; Herandien had formerly acted in the office while Morkel was abroad. On 5 December 2001,

Peter Marais Petrus Jacobus "Peter" Marais (born 4 September 1948) is a South African politician who is currently serving as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He previously served as the inaugural Mayor of Cape Town from 2000 until his dis ...

was elected permanently as Premier, and he announced that Nomatyala Hangana of the

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would succeed Herandien as MEC for Housing.

National Assembly

Shortly after the Western Cape reshuffle, Herandien left the Western Cape to fill an NNP seat in the National Assembly. He was elected to a full term in the assembly in the 2004 general election, serving the Western Cape constituency. Shortly after the election, the NNP announced its plans to disband, with its representatives fated to cross the floor to the governing African National Congress. Weeks before the scheduled floor-crossing, on 1 August 2005, Herandien resigned from his seat; he was replaced by Johnny Schippers.

Controversy

Herandien's former colleague in the Western Cape, Freda Adams, alleged in a 2003 lawsuit that Herandien had intimated that she should have a

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with him and Peter Marais. Marais said of the allegation, "It is too ghastly to contemplate. I can't imagine me with Herandien together with the plaintiff. I don't have such an imagination".

References

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