List of members of the 2nd North West Provincial Legislature

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2nd North West Provincial Legislature
1st Legislature 3rd Legislature
Overview
Legislative body North West Provincial Legislature
Jurisdiction North West, South Africa
TermJune 1999 – April 2004
Election 2 June 1999
Members33
Speaker O. J. Tselapedi
Premier Popo Molefe
Leader of the Opposition Lucas Mangope

This is a list of members of the second North West Provincial Legislature as elected in the election of 2 June 1999. In that election, the African National Congress (ANC) slightly augmented the majority it had won in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994; it controlled 27 seats in the 33-seat legislature. The ANC's Popo Molefe was elected to his second term as Premier of the North West, and O. J. Tselapedi was elected as Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature. [1]

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The official opposition was the United Christian Democratic Party, a new entrant, led by former Bophuthatswana leader Lucas Mangope; the Democratic Party also gained representation for the first time, with a single seat. The Freedom Front and New National Party retained one seat apiece. [2]

Composition

PartySeats
African National Congress 27
United Christian Democratic Party 3
Democratic Party 1
FF 1
New National Party 1
Total33

Members

This is a list of members of the second legislature as elected on 2 June 1999. [3] It does not take into account changes in membership after the election.

NameParty
Darkey Africa ANC
Maggie Mirriam Bopalamo ANC
Ephraim Lungile Dantjie ANC
Percy Percival Dyonase ANC
Christian Hattingh DP
Pieter Groenewald FF
Kesenkamang Veronica Kekezi ANC
Jomo Khasu ANC
Martin John Kuscus ANC
Mamatlhodi Mary Lehola ANC
Olehile George Madoda ANC
Njomyana David Mahlangu ANC
Lucas Mangope UCDP
Joyce Mabel Masilo ANC
Mavis Matladi UCDP
Eliot Mayisela ANC
Botlhajane Sarah Mereeotlhe ANC
Maureen Modiselle ANC
Justice Moeti Moiloa ANC
Popo Molefe ANC
Edna Molewa ANC
Abram Jane Letlhogile Moseki ANC
Raymond Lobang Motsepe ANC
Bafitlhile Pule UCDP
Rachel Rasmeni ANC
Molefi Sefularo ANC
Jan Serfontein ANC
Jerry Thibedi ANC
Zacharia Pitso Tolo ANC
Johannes Tselapedi ANC
Ziphora Tumagole ANC
Abraham Adriaan Venter NNP
Frans Vilakazi ANC

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References

  1. "Premiers sworn in but ANC members in W Cape walk out". Sowetan. allAfrica. 16 June 1999. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. Turner, B. (2016-12-28). The Statesman's Yearbook 2000. Springer. p. 1442. ISBN   978-0-230-27128-9.
  3. "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.