Isaac Mafanya

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Isaac Mafanya
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
22 May 2019 [1]
Personal details
Nationality South African
Political party Economic Freedom Fighters
ProfessionPolitician

Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Economic Freedom Fighters party. [2]

Political career

Mafanya stood as an EFF parliamentary candidate in the 2019 national elections, and was subsequently elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019. [3] [4] [5]

He became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Police on 27 June 2019. [5] Mafanya served on the committee until 6 May 2020, when he moved to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans. [5]

In 2024, he and nine other EFF MPs plead not guilty to charges of disrupting President Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on parliament's budget vote. This came following an investigation launched by the National Assembly's Powers and Privileges Committee that began after the MPs disrupted Ramaphosa's speech on June 9 and June 10, 2022. [6]

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References

  1. "WATCH: Newly-elected MPs sworn in". eNCA. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. "Mr Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. "EFF's 2019 Electoral List". Polity. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. "At least 17 new EFF members in National Assembly". SABC News. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  6. "EFF MPs plead not guilty to 'concocted charges' as Parliament wants to charge them for chaotic disruptions". Polity. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.