List of speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
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The Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature is the legislative speaker and principal presiding officer in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (until 1995 called the Eastern Transvaal Provincial Legislature). 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.
Speakers
This is a list of Speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since the chamber was established in 1994.
Name | Term | Party | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elias Nicodemus "Mbalekelwa" Ginindza | 1994 | 1998 | ANC | [2] | |
William Lubisi | 1998 | 2004 | ANC | ||
Pinky Phosa | 2004 | 2009 | ANC | ||
Jackson Mthembu | 2009 | 2009 | ANC | ||
William Lubisi | 2009 | 2014 | ANC | ||
Thandi Shongwe | 2014 | 2018 | ANC | [3] | |
Violet Siwela | 2018 | 2019 | ANC | ||
Busisiwe Shiba | 2019 | 2021 | ANC | ||
Makhosazane Masilela | 2021 | Present | ANC | [4] |
References
- ^ "Provincial Legislatures". People's Assembly. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "Speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature" (PDF). The Legislature Voice. 1: 16. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Blessing Thandi Shongwe". People's Assembly. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "New Speaker and Deputy Speaker ready to rule over the provincial legislature". Lowvelder. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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