The Western Cape is a province of South Africa,situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of 129,449 square kilometres (49,981 sq mi),and the third most populous,with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020. About two-thirds of these inhabitants live in the metropolitan area of Cape Town,which is also the provincial capital. The Western Cape was created in 1994 from part of the former Cape Province. The two largest cities are Cape Town and George.
Ebrahim Rasool is a South African politician and diplomat who served as the South African Ambassador to the United States from 2010 to 2015,as a Member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2010,and as the 5th Premier of the Western Cape from 2004 to 2008. He is a member of the African National Congress and has held various leadership positions in the party.
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) is the legislature of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located at 7 Wale Street in Cape Town.
Qubudile Richard Dyantyi has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since 2019. Before that,he was a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and served as the Western Cape's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Local Government and Housing from 2005 to 2008. In 2021,he was elected chairperson of the national parliament's Committee for the Section 194 Enquiry into Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office.
The politics of the Western Cape differs from that of most other provinces in South Africa,because,unlike the other provinces,the African National Congress (ANC) does not dominate the political landscape. The Western Cape's political landscape is also notable for the presence of a relatively strong local devolution and independence movement.
Tina Monica Joemat-Pettersson was a South African politician who served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police from July 2019 until her death in June 2023. A member of the African National Congress,Joemat-Petterson had previously served as the Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries from 2009 until 2014 and as the Minister of Energy from May 2014 until March 2017 under President Jacob Zuma.
Marius Llewellyn Fransman is a retired South African politician and teacher. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from 2014 to 2016,and as Chairperson of the Western Cape African National Congress from 2011 to 2016. He served as Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation in the cabinet of Jacob Zuma. From 2009 to 2014,he was a Member of the National Assembly. Fransman served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from 1999 to 2009,and again from 2014 to 2016.
General elections were held in South Africa on 8 May 2019 to elect a new President,National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province. These were the sixth elections held since the end of apartheid in 1994 and determined who would become the next President of South Africa.
Mcebisi Skwatsha is a politician from the Western Cape. He is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture,Land Reform and Rural Development since May 2019. Before that portfolio was established,he was Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2014 to 2019.
The 2019 Western Cape provincial election was held on 8 May 2019 to elect the 6th Western Cape Provincial Parliament. It was the sixth provincial election held since the establishment of the provincial legislature in 1994.
Faiez Jacobs is a South African politician who serves as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the ruling African National Congress (ANC). He took office as an MP on 22 May 2019. Jacobs was the Secretary of the provincial ANC in the Western Cape from 2015 until the dissolution of the provincial structure in 2019.
Alvin Botes is a South African African National Congress (ANC) politician from the Northern Cape who has been serving as the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since May 2019. He became a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa in February 2018. He was the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development from 2009 to 2013 and the MEC for Co-operative Governance,Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs from 2013 to 2018. Botes served as a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2018.
Ayanda Precious Bans is a South African politician serving as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since May 2019. She is a member of the African National Congress and represents the Central Karoo constituency.
Sharon Winona Davids is a South African politician who has served as the deputy provincial chairperson of the African National Congress in the Western Cape since June 2023. She had previously served as an ANC Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from 2014 to 2019 and before that,as a councillor in the Drakenstein Local Municipality.
Siphokuhle Patrein is a South African politician and a member of the National Assembly of South Africa from the Western Cape. Patrein is a member of the African National Congress.
Nokuzola Gladys Tolashe,also known as Sisisi "Sisi" Tolashe,is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. She was elected as president of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League in July 2023. In government,Tolashe has been the Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities since March 2023.
The Provincial Executive Committees (PECs) of the African National Congress (ANC) are the chief executive organs of the party's nine provincial branches. Comprising the so-called “Top Five”provincial officials and up to 30 additional elected members,each is structured similarly to the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) and is elected every four years at party provincial conferences.
Rhoda Joemat was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 until 2005,when she was convicted of defrauding Parliament during the Travelgate scandal. A former anti-apartheid activist,she also served as Provincial Treasurer of the ANC's Western Cape branch from 1998 to 2001.
Randall Paul Zachariaden van den Heever is a South African politician and former trade unionist. Formerly the general secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu),he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2009. He also served as deputy provincial chairperson of the ANC's Western Cape branch from 2005 to 2008.
Lincoln Vumile "James" Ngculu is a South African businessman,politician,and former anti-apartheid activist. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1998 to 2009 and was provincial chairperson of the ANC's Western Cape branch from 2005 to 2008.
