| 3rd North West Provincial Legislature | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | North West Provincial Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | North West, South Africa | ||||
| Term | 26 April 2004 – April 2009 | ||||
| Election | 14 April 2004 | ||||
| Members | 33 | ||||
| Speaker | Thandi Modise | ||||
| Premier | Edna Molewa | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Lucas Mangope | ||||
This is a list of members of the third North West Provincial Legislature as elected in the election of 14 April 2004. In that election, the African National Congress (ANC) maintained the majority it had held during the second legislature, holding all of its 27 seats, while the official opposition, the United Christian Democratic Party, retained its three seats. [1] The Freedom Front Plus retained its single seat. Thus the only change in the legislature's composition was the disappearance of the New National Party, which ceded its former seat to the Democratic Alliance.
When the legislature convened for the first time on 26 April 2004, the ANC's Edna Molewa was elected as the second Premier of the North West, succeeding Popo Molefe. [2] [3] Thandi Modise was elected as Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature.
| Party | Seats | |
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| African National Congress | 27 | |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1 | |
| Total | 33 | |
This is a list of members of the second legislature as elected on 14 April 2004. [1] It does not take into account changes in membership after the election.
Like South Africa's eight other provinces, the Northern Cape is governed by a parliamentary system, in which the Premier of the Northern Cape is elected by the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature and in turn selects the Northern Cape Executive Council. As in most other provinces, the African National Congress (ANC) has led the Northern Cape Provincial Government since the end of apartheid. In the most recent provincial election, held in 2019, the ANC won 18 of 30 seats in the provincial legislature and the Democratic Alliance was the official opposition in the legislature. Pursuant to the same election, Zamani Saul was elected Premier of the province.
Patrick Dumile Nono Maloyi is a South African politician who has been Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Human Settlement, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the North West province since November 2022. In August 2022, he was elected Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) in the North West, a position he formerly held from 2008 to 2009.
Sebonta Desbo Mohono is a South African politician who is currently serving as the North West's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture and Rural Development since December 2018. Since 2009, she has served continuously in the North West Provincial Legislature and the Executive Council of the North West, including as MEC for Tourism from 2014 to 2018.
Nikiwe Julia Num, also known as Nikiwe Mangqo, is a South African politician who has served as Mayor of the North West's Dr Kenneth Kaundra District Municipality since 2021. She formerly served in the North West Provincial Legislature, representing the African National Congress (ANC) from 2004 to 2008 and then the Congress of the People (Cope) from 2009 to 2014. She has since rejoined the ANC, which nominated her to her current office during the 2021 local elections.
Louisa Lorato Mabe is a South African politician who served as the North West's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance from 2009 to 2012 and as MEC for Education from 2012 to 2013. Before joining the North West Provincial Legislature, she represented her party, the African National Congress (ANC), in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2009. Premier Thandi Modise fired her from the Executive Council in June 2013 after she was accused of involvement in procurement irregularities.
Hlomane Patrick Chauke is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2010 and later from 2016 to 2019. In the interim, he served in the North West Provincial Legislature from 2010 to 2014, including as the North West's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts and Culture from November 2010 to May 2012 under Premier Thandi Modise. He failed to gain re-election to the National Assembly in the 2019 general election.
Mahlomola Johnson "Jomo" Khasu is a South African politician, diplomat and civil servant who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999. After that he served in the North West Provincial Legislature, where he was a member of the North West Executive Council until Premier Popo Molefe fired him in January 2001. He was a member of the United Democratic Front national executive committee during the 1980s and later served as South African Ambassador to Gabon.
Samuel Johannes de Beer is a South African politician and former Christian minister who served in Parliament from 1974 to 2001, excepting a brief hiatus from 1998 to 1999. He subsequently joined the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.
Neo Harrison Masithela is a South African politician and businessman who served in the Executive Council of the Free State from 2005 to 2009. Before that, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2005. As of 2022, he was the chairperson of the African Farmers Association of South Africa.
Pieter Willem Saaiman was a South African politician from the Northern Cape who served as Deputy Minister of Correctional Services from 2003 to 2004. Between 1989 and 2009, he held a variety of positions in the national and provincial governments, representing a series of parties.