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Sibongile Besani
Sibongile Jeremia Besani (born 11 July 1970) is a South African politician from the Free State. Since July 2019, he has worked for the African National Congress (ANC) as head of the party presidency. He has been a member of the ANC National Executive Committee since December 2017. For a brief period between May and July 2019, Besani represented the ANC as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He resigned from his seat when he was appointed as head of the ANC presidency, a full-time position based at Luthuli House in the office of ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa. He was also the interim coordinator of the ANC Youth League between July 2019 and April 2021. Born in Vredefort, Besani is a former Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Free State branch. He held that office between July 2008 and June 2012 during the chairmanship of Ace Magashule. Early life and career Besani was born on 11 July 1970 in Vredefort in the former Orange Free State. A member of the African Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
National Assembly Of South Africa
The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from nine provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore proportionality. The National Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current speaker as of 14 June 2024 is Thoko Didiza ( ANC). The Deputy Speaker is Annelie Lotriet ( DA) since 14 June 2024. The National Assembly chamber was destroyed in a fire in January 2022. National Assembly sittings are now held in the old Good Hope Chamber, which is within the precincts of parliament. Allocation The National Assembly seats are allocated using a proportional representation system with closed lists. Seats are first allocated according to the (integer part of the) Dro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |