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The Gauteng Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the South African province of Gauteng.It is a unicameral body of 80 members elected every five years. The current legislature, the seventh, was elected on 29 May 2024 and is a hung parliament with no overall majority for any party, with the African National Congress having lost its previous majority, but remaining the largest party with ...
This is a list of members of the sixth Gauteng Provincial Legislature, as elected in the election of 8 May 2019 and taking into account changes in membership since the election. [1] The legislature dissolved at midnight on 28 May 2024 and was succeeded by the 7th legislature.
This is a list of members of the National Assembly of South Africa, elected in the 2019 general election, for the term 2019–2024. The National Assembly met for the first on 22 May 2019 and its term expired on 21 May 2024. The Assembly remained able to perform its functions until 28 May, the day before the 2024 general election. [1]
Gauteng currently elects 48 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Constituency seats are allocated using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota .
The provincial legislature is a unicameral body of 73 members elected by a system of party-list proportional representation. The legislature is elected for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved early. By convention elections to the provincial legislature are held at the same time as elections to the National Assembly.
Each province has a unicameral provincial legislature, varying in size from 30 to 80 members depending on the population of the province. The members of the provincial legislature are elected by party-list proportional representation for a usual term of five years, although under certain circumstances the legislature may be dissolved before its term expires.
Three parties, the Freedom Front Plus, uMkhonto weSizwe, and the African Congress for Transformation hold one seat in the legislature each. [2] The legislature met on 14 June 2024 to elect office-bearers. Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae was elected Premier of the Free State, while Zanele Sifuba was re-elected as speaker. Julia Maboya was elected deputy ...
Lentheng Helen Mekgwe (known as Ntombi Mekgwe; born 21 October 1964) is a South African politician who was Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2014 until 2024. Before that, she was a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) in the Gauteng provincial government from 2010 to 2014 and the third Mayor of Ekurhuleni from 2008 to 2010.