The Shadow Cabinet of Lindiwe Mazibuko succeeded the
Shadow Cabinet of Athol Trollip as the
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. Not long after
Lindiwe Mazibuko was elected as the parliamentary leader by the Democratic Alliance's caucus on 27 October 2011,
she announced a new shadow cabinet, on 1 February 2012.
In her capacity of parliamentary leader, Mazibuko leads the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet and represents party leader
Helen Zille
Otta Helene Maree (''née'' Zille ; born 9 March 1951), known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician. She has served as the Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance since 20 October 2019. From 2009 until 2019, she w ...
in parliament, who is at present
Premier of the Western Cape
The Premier of the Western Cape is the head of government of the Western Cape province of South Africa. The current Premier of the Western Cape is Alan Winde, a member of the Democratic Alliance, who was elected in the 2019 election. He took ...
. Elected alongside Mazibuko was Watty Watson, as Chief Whip, and former
Fulbright Scholar Wilmot James
Wilmot Godfrey James (born 5 July 1953) is a South African academic who served as the country's opposition spokesperson of health and Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance. His constituencies were Mitchells Plain and Rondeb ...
as Chairman of the Caucus.
[ The latest Shadow Cabinet includes the Democratic Alliance's Federal Executive Chairperson James Selfe, ]CODESA
The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993. The negotiations culminated in the passage of a new interim Constitution in 1993, a precursor to the Constitution ...
negotiator Dene Smuts
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, along with former Fulbright Scholar Sej Motau and Harvard Mason Fellow David Maynier.
Members of the Shadow Cabinet
Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko introduced new Shadow Cabinet on 1 February 2012. She reshuffled her Shadow Cabinet on 12 November 2013.
Opposition Spokespersons in Standing Committees in the National Assembly of South Africa
Parliamentary Caucus Leadership
New elected parliamentary leadership post mid-term caucus elections on 27 October 2011.
References
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South African shadow cabinets
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