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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.
The 2024 Gauteng provincial election was held on 29 May 2024, concurrently with the 2024 South African general election, to elect the 73 members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. The African National Congress (ANC), led by current Premier Panyaza Lesufi , lost its majority in the Provincial Legislature for the first time since the end of ...
The Executive Council of Gauteng is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of Gauteng.The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature by the Premier of Gauteng, an office held since October 2022 by Panyaza Lesufi.
In South Africa, a provincial legislature is the legislative branch of the government of a province. [1] The provincial legislatures are unicameral and vary in size from 30 to 80 members, depending on the registered voting population of the province. [2] Each legislature is chaired by a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker.
3rd Gauteng Provincial Legislature ← 2nd Legislature 4th Legislature → Johannesburg City Hall Overview Legislative body Gauteng Provincial Legislature Jurisdiction Gauteng, South Africa Meeting place Johannesburg City Hall Term 26 April 2004 – April 2009 Election 14 April 2004 Members 73 Speaker Richard Mdakane Deputy Speaker Mary Metcalfe (2004–5) Sophia Williams-De Bruyn (2005–9 ...
By convention elections to the provincial legislature are held at the same time as elections to the National Assembly. The legislature meets in the Johannesburg City Hall. The most recent elections were held on 8 May 2019, and were won by the African National Congress (ANC) which obtained 37 of the 73 seats on the legislature. The composition ...
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.