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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 ...
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.
This is a list of members of the sixth Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, as elected in the election of 8 May 2019 and taking into account changes in membership since the election. [1] The legislative session dissolved on 28 May 2024 ahead of the 2024 national and provincial elections and was succeeded by the 7th legislature.
The Executive Council of Mpumalanga is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of Mpumalanga.The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature by the Premier of Mpumalanga, an office held since June 2024 by Mandla Ndlovu.
The election for the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature is held every five years, simultaneously with the election of the National Assembly; the last such election occurred on 29 May 2024. At the first meeting of the provincial legislature after an election, the members choose the premier from amongst themselves.
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.
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 ...