List of members of the 2nd KwaZulu-Natal Legislature

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Overview
Legislative body KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
Jurisdiction KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Term18 June 1999 – April 2004
Election 2 June 1999
Members80
Speaker Bonga Mdletshe (IFP)
Deputy Speaker Willies Mchunu (ANC)
Premier Lionel Mtshali (IFP)

This is a list of members of the second KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, as elected in the election of 2 June 1999. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) lost its majority in the legislature but retained a plurality, holding 34 seats in the 80-seat legislature. [1] It formed a coalition government with the second-largest party, the African National Congress (ANC), which won 32 seats. Also represented were the Democratic Party, with seven seats; the New National Party, with three seats; the Minority Front, with two seats; and the United Democratic Movement and African Christian Democratic Party, with one seat apiece. The United Democratic Movement was a new entrant to the legislature, while the Pan Africanist Congress lost its representation. [2]

Contents

After the election, the first sitting of the legislature was postponed to allow the parties to enter into negotiations over the formation of a government. [3] At the first sitting, held on 18 June 1999, members were sworn in to their seats and re-elected Lionel Mtshali as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal. [2] He defeated the opposition candidate, the Democratic Party's Roger Burrows, with 67 votes to Burrows's eight; the ANC had withdrawn the nomination of its own candidate, Sbu Ndebele, in favour of joining a coalition with the IFP. The ANC was therefore represented in Mtshali's Executive Council. [2] The IFP's Bonga Mdletshe was re-elected as Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, and the ANC's Willies Mchunu was re-elected as his deputy. [4]

Composition

PartySeats
Inkatha Freedom Party 34
African National Congress 32
Democratic Party 7
New National Party 3
Minority Front 2
African Christian Democratic Party 1
United Democratic Movement 1
Total80

Members

This is a list of members of the second legislature as elected on 2 June 1999. [1] It does not take into account changes in membership after the election.

NameParty
Jo-Ann Downs ACDP
Yusuf Bhamjee ANC
Happy Blose ANC
Bheki Cele ANC
Ina Cronje ANC
Felix Dlamini ANC
Walter Felgate ANC
Lungi Gcabashe ANC
Lydia Johnson ANC
Mbuso Ashman Ishmail Kubheka ANC
Zanele Ludidi ANC
Michael Mabuyakhulu ANC
Dumisane Henry Makhaye ANC
Senzo Mchunu ANC
Willies Mchunu ANC
Ismail Chota Meer ANC
Zweli Mkhize ANC
Zibuse Mlaba ANC
Sam Mtetwa ANC
Mtholephi Mthimkhulu ANC
Thamsanqa Samuel Mohlomi ANC
Ntombifikile Pretty Molefe ANC
Yatima Nahara ANC
Sbu Ndebele ANC
Paulos Ngcobo ANC
Nhlanhla Victor Ngidi ANC
Peggy Nkonyeni ANC
Meshack Radebe ANC
Lizzie Shabalala ANC
Nonzwakazi Swartbooi ANC
Vuyelwa Vivian Tambo ANC
Sihlangu Joffrey Vilane ANC
Cyril Xaba ANC
Belinda Barrett DP
Roger Marshall Burrows DP
Radley Keys DP
Mark Lowe DP
Margaret Hewlett Moore DP
Wessel Uys Nel DP
Ndawayoakhe Ngcobo DP
John Fredric Aulsebrook IFP
Henry Jean Combrinck IFP
Faith Gasa IFP
Simon Gumede IFP
Blessed Gwala IFP
Alexander James Hamilton IFP
Moses Khubisa IFP
Arthur Koningkramer IFP
Maurice Mansfield Mackenzie IFP
Mandla Saul Malakoana IFP
Ephraim Sipho Mbatha IFP
Bonga Mdletshe IFP
Peter Maxwell Miller IFP
Teressa Millin IFP
Sybil Mohlaka IFP
Celani Jeffrey Mtetwa IFP
Lionel Mtshali IFP
Mziwamandla Mzobe IFP
Johan Ngcobo IFP
Lauretta Gladys Ngcobo IFP
Vincent Ngema IFP
Sibusiso Ngidi IFP
Nyanga Ngubane IFP
Eileen Nkosi IFP
David Thandabantu Ntombela IFP
Kamal Panday IFP
Phillip Powell IFP
Usha Roopnarain IFP
Thomas Mandla Shabalala IFP
Narend Singh IFP
Mike Tarr IFP
Ellis Vezi IFP
Maria Xulu IFP
Gideon Zulu IFP
Amichand Rajbansi MF
Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi MF
Siphos Mkhize NNP
Soobramoney Naicker NNP
Valentin Volker NNP
Samuel Nxumalo UDM

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References

  1. 1 2 "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa . Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mtshali sworn in as KwaNatal premier". The Mail & Guardian. 1999-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  3. ↑ "KZN premier to be sworn in on Friday". The Mail & Guardian. 1999-06-15. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  4. ↑ "KZN speaker quits over media". News24. 1 October 2003. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
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