Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths as they are in the 6th Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature.
- Note this is not the official seating plan of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature.
| 6th Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Mpumalanga, South Africa | ||||
| Meeting place | Mbombela | ||||
| Term | 22 May 2019 – 28 May 2024 | ||||
| Election | 8 May 2019 | ||||
| Members | 30 | ||||
| Speaker | Makhosazane Masilela | ||||
| Deputy Speaker | Jeaneth Thabethe | ||||
| Premier | Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Collen Sedibe | ||||
This is a list of members of the sixth Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, as elected in the election of 8 May 2019 and taking into account changes in membership since the election. [1] The legislative session dissolved on 28 May 2024 ahead of the 2024 national and provincial elections and was succeeded by the 7th legislature.
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 22 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 4 | |
| DA | 3 | |
| VF+ | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | |
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths as they are in the 6th Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature.
| Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosman Grobler | DA | Member | |
| Trudie Grove-Morgan | DA | Member | |
| Nompumelelo Hlophe | ANC | Member | |
| Mohita Latchminarain | ANC | Member | |
| Bheki Lubisi | ANC | Member | |
| Norah Mahlangu | ANC | Member | |
| Bonakele Majuba | ANC | Member | |
| Million Makaringe | ANC | Member | |
| Sasekani Manzini | ANC | Member | |
| Gillion Mashego | ANC | Member | |
| Speedy Mashilo | ANC | Member | |
| Makhosazane Masilela | ANC | Member | |
| Ntsako Mkhabela | EFF | Member | |
| Vusi Mkhatshwa | ANC | Member | |
| Fidel Mlombo | ANC | Member | |
| Mandla Msibi | ANC | Member | |
| Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane | ANC | Premier | |
| Gcina Mofokeng | EFF | Member | |
| Pat Ngomane | ANC | Member | |
| Lindiwe Ntshalintshali | ANC | Member | |
| Nomshado Nyembe | EFF | Member | |
| Michael Sedibe | EFF | Leader of the Opposition | |
| Gabisile Tshabalala | ANC | Member | |
| Busisiwe Shiba | ANC | Member | |
| Thandi Shongwe | ANC | Member | |
| Vusi Shongwe | ANC | Member | |
| Jane Sithole | DA | Member | |
| Jeaneth Thabethe | ANC | Member | |
| Werner Weber | FF+ | Member | |
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Suhla James Masango is a South African politician who represented the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the National Assembly and Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature between 2004 and 2019. Since 2021, he has been a local councillor for the DA in Mpumalanga's Govan Mbeki Municipality. Masango was a deputy chairperson of the DA Federal Council from November 2020 to April 2023 and is a former provincial leader of the party's Mpumalanga branch.
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Refilwe Maria Tsipane, known as Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane, is a South African politician and a party member of the African National Congress (ANC), who has served as the 7th Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces since 2024. Prior to serving in parliament, she served as the 5th Premier of Mpumalanga between 2018 and 2024. She succeeded former Premier David Mabuza after he was appointed Deputy President of South Africa. Mtsweni-Tsipane was also a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and previously served as the MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
Makgabo Reginah Mhaule is a South African politician from Mpumalanga who is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Basic Education. She has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since 2018.
Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She has been the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since May 2019, and she formerly served as Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2014 to 2019.
Raesetja Jane Sithole is a South African politician. She has been serving as a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since May 2014. Sithole is also the Provincial Leader of the Mpumalanga Democratic Alliance.
Annerie Maria Magdalena Weber is a South African politician who serves as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. A member of the Democratic Alliance, she was elected to Parliament in May 2019. As of April 2023, she is the Shadow Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Weber served as the chairperson of the DA's caucus in the Nkangala District Municipality between 2015 and 2019.
Sam Zandamela is a South African politician from Mpumalanga who has served as a member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since August 2022, and previously from July 2018 to May 2019. A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, he previously served as the party's deputy provincial chairperson. Zandamela served as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from May 2019 until August 2022.
Mohita Latchminarain is a South African politician from Mpumalanga who served as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport from February 2021 until October 2022. She has been a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since May 2019. Latchminarain is a member of the governing African National Congress.
Bonakele Amos Majuba is a South African politician and educator who has served as the MEC for Education in Mpumalanga since May 2019. A member of the African National Congress, he has been a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since May 2009. Majuba was the deputy speaker of the provincial legislature between March 2018 and May 2019.
Valentia Thokozile Malinga is a South African politician and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from Mpumalanga. She is a member of the African National Congress.
Timothy Victor Mashele is a South African politician. He is a member of the National Assembly of South Africa. Mashele is a member of the African National Congress (ANC).
Thabile Sylvia Masondo is a South African politician who was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa at the 2019 general election as a member of the African National Congress.
Violet Sizani Siwela was a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She was a Member of the National Assembly, where she chaired the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development, and a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC). She served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature until May 2019.
Blessing Thandi Shongwe is a South African politician who is currently serving as Mpumalanga's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Culture, Sport and Recreation. She formerly served as Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 2014 until March 2018, when she was first appointed to the Mpumalanga Executive Council. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC).
Michael Collen Sedibe is a South African politician who is currently a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and the provincial leader of the legislature's official opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). He joined the EFF in 2013 after he was expelled from the African National Congress and he was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 2014 general election. In September 2022, he was elected to a third term as the EFF's Provincial Chairperson in Mpumalanga.