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The Provincial Legislature, along with the other provincial legislatures of South Africa, exists by virtue of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of South Africa. It is unicameral, and consists of 30 members elected by a system of party-list proportional representation. The 7th Provincial Legislature was elected on 29 May 2024 in South Africa's 2024 ...
The New National Party and United Democratic Movement lost the seats they had held in the prior legislature. When the legislature convened for its first session on 26 April 2004, the ANC's Thabang Makwetla was elected as the third Premier of Mpumalanga. [2] He opened his term with a major reshuffle of the Mpumalanga Executive Council. [3]
Since 2018, Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane, a member of the African National Congress, has held the office of the premier of Mpumalanga. [2] The premier appoints ten members of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature to be on the Executive Council. [3]
The Speaker chairs the legislature's rules committee and other political management structures. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker are elected from among the Members of the Provincial Legislature and may be removed by a resolution of the legislature. [1] Their election and powers are regulated by Chapter Six of the South African Constitution.
This is a list of members of the fifth Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, as elected in the election of 7 May 2014.The African National Congress (ANC) retained a comfortable majority of 24 seats in the legislature but, for the first time since the legislature was established in 1994, its majority was diminished from the previous legislative session.
The ANC's Ndaweni Mahlangu was elected as the second Premier of Mpumalanga. [2] William Lubisi remained in his office as Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, [3] and he was deputised by Pinky Phosa. [4] Lassy Chiwayo was Majority Chief Whip until mid-2001, when he was replaced by Jabu Mahlangu amid a major reshuffle of the ANC's ...
4th Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature ← 3rd Legislature 5th Legislature → Overview Legislative body Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature Jurisdiction Mpumalanga, South Africa Term 6 May 2009 – May 2014 Election 22 April 2009 Members 30 Speaker Jackson Mthembu (2009) William Lubisi (2009–2014) Deputy Speaker Violet Siwela (2009–2013) David Dube (2013–2014) Premier David Mabuza This is ...
Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) is a title given to the members of eight of the nine provincial legislatures in South Africa. The Western Cape provincial constitution specifies that its provincial legislature be given the title of "Provincial Parliament", while its members hold the title of " Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) ".