Mncedisi Lutando Wellington Filtane (died 22 November 2020) was a South African politician who served as a Member of the

Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature The Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Eastern Cape. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the members of the leading par ...

from 2019 to 2020. Filtane was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa between 2014 and 2019. Filtane was also the deputy national chairperson of the

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 ...

Parliamentary career

In 2014, Filtane was elected to the National Assembly via the

's regional list. He was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 21 May 2014.

Committee assignments

*Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla *Powers and Privileges of Parliament *Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Alternate member) *Portfolio Committee on Public Works *Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform * Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation (Alternate member)

Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature

For the 2019 election, Filtane was the first candidate on the UDM's provincial list. He was elected to the

when the party won two seats.

Death

Filtane died from COVID-19 on 22 November 2020. His death was confirmed by the national president of the UDM, Bantu Holomisa. Since his death, four of his family members have died from the virus. His son, brother, sister and brother-in-law

Loyiso Mpumlwana Loyiso Khanyisa Bunye Mpumlwana (died 23 December 2020) was a South African politician and advocate. A member of the African National Congress, he was elected to the National Assembly in 2014. He served until the 2019 election, when he lost his s ...

(who served as an African National Congress MP) have all succumbed.

References

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