Bongani Msomi is a South African politician and the former secretary general of the UDM, [1] a political party founded by South African politician Bantu Holomisa. He serves as the current Chairperson of the UDM.
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a centre-left, social-democratic, South African political party, formed by a prominent former National Party leader, Roelf Meyer, a former African National Congress and Transkei homeland leader, General Bantu Holomisa, and a former ANC Executive Committee member, John Taylor. It has an anti-separatist, pro-diversity platform; and supports an individualist South Africa with a strong moral sense, in both social and economic senses.
Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa is a South African Member of Parliament and President of the United Democratic Movement.
The United Independent Front (UIF) was a political party in South Africa. It broke away from the United Democratic Movement (UDM). Until his death in 2006, it was led by Malizole Diko. He and Nomakhaya Mdaka were the sole members of parliament and left the UDM on 15 September 2005 during the floor crossing period.
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a political party that was founded in 1999 by politicians who were at the time considederd to be renegades from the then ruling party Kenya African National Union but was denied registration by the then head of state Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi and most of its then leaders went to other parties by the time of the 2002 general elections.
Stanley Ntapane is a South African politician. A member of the United Democratic Movement, Ntapane is a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and spokesperson with the UDM. Ntapane attended Jongilizwe College for the Sons of Headmen and Chiefs in the Transkei, from which he graduated from in 1979. He was a lecturer at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 1998-99
Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala is a former South African Navy admiral. She later became a Member of Parliament for the Economic Freedom Fighters.
Power of Africans Unity (PAU) is a South African political party founded in November 2016 by former COPE and UDM member Julius Nsingwane.
African Change Academy (ACA) is a minor political party in South Africa.
Bicks Ndoni was a South African politician who served as chief whip of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality from August 2018 until his death in January 2020. He was previously the deputy mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay under the mayoralty of Danny Jordaan. Ndoni served as the mayor of Uitenhage transitional council in the 1990s. He was an African National Congress (ANC) politician.
Nqabayomzi Lawrence Saziso Kwankwa is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. He has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the United Democratic Movement (UDM) since August 2013. He is the deputy president of the UDM and the party's chief whip.
Mncedisi Lutando Wellington Filtane was a South African politician who served as a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature from 2019 to 2020. Filtane was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa between 2014 and 2019. Filtane was also the deputy national chairperson of the United Democratic Movement.
Gerhardus Willem Koornhof is a South African politician and economist who serves as the Parliamentary Counsellor to President Cyril Ramaphosa. When Ramaphosa served as deputy president, Koornhof was his parliament counsellor. An MP since 1994, Koornhof currently represents the African National Congress, though he previously represented United Democratic Movement between 1999 and 2003 and the National Party/New National Party before that.
Mogoboya Nelson Ramodike was a South African politician who served as Chief Minister of Lebowa, an apartheid-era bantustan, from 21 October 1987 to 26 April 1994. He subsequently represented the United Democratic Movement in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2003.
Nonhlanhla Claribel Nkabinde is a South African politician who represented the United Democratic Movement (UDM) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2009. She was elected to her seat in the 2004 general election.
Lesiba Christopher Mothiba was a South African politician and traditional leader. He rose to prominence during apartheid as a politician in Lebowa and the leader of the GaMothiba traditional authority in present-day Polokwane, Limpopo. He later served in the post-apartheid National Assembly from 2001 to 2004, representing the United Democratic Movement (UDM) until he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC) in 2003.
Jacobus Tapedi "Jakes" Maseka was a South African politician, lawyer, and businessman. He represented the United Democratic Movement (UDM) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2004 but later broke away to found the Movement Democratic Party (MDP).
Welsh Ginyibulu Makanda is a retired South African politician and diplomat. A former anti-apartheid activist, he served in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2004. He represented the United Democratic Movement (UDM) until he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC) in 2003.
Lucas Mbadi is a retired South African politician and academic. He served in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2004, representing the United Democratic Movement (UDM) until April 2003, when he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC).
Jillian Nomancube Bam is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly during the first democratic Parliament. Though not initially elected in the 1994 general election, she was sworn in to a seat during the legislative term.
George Tembela Madikiza is a South African politician who represented the United Democratic Movement (UDM) in the National Assembly. He joined during the second democratic Parliament and served as the UDM's spokesman on foreign affairs and then as the party's chief whip. He was elected to his first full term in the assembly in the 2004 general election.