Mandisa Makesini MP | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 8 February 2023 | |
Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
In office 21 May 2014 –January 2023 | |
Provincial Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters | |
In office September 2018 –November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Kgotso Morapela |
Succeeded by | Mapheule Liphoko |
Personal details | |
Political party | Economic Freedom Fighters |
Profession | Politician |
Mandisa Makesini is a South African politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of South Africa since February 2023,representing the Economic Freedom Fighters party. She previously served in the Free State Provincial Legislature. Makesini is a former provincial chairperson of the EFF.
Makesini was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature in the 2014 general election alongside Jacob Tshabalala as one of two members of the Economic Freedom Fighters . [1] At the EFF's provincial conference in September 2018,Makesini was elected provincial chairperson of the EFF,defeating incumbent Kgotso Morapela by three votes. On her election,Makesini said that it was a sign that patriarchy was being defeated. [2]
Makesini was re-elected to a second term in the provincial legislature in 2019. [3] She unsuccessfully sought re-election as EFF provincial chairperson at the party's conference in November 2022,losing to Mapheule Liphoko in a vote that went 343 for Liphoko and 278 votes for Makesini. EFF President Julius Malema lamented her loss,criticising the delegates for not electing a woman as provincial chairperson. [4]
Makesini resigned from the provincial legislature in January 2023 and was replaced by Liphoko. [5] She was subsequently sworn in as a member of the National Assembly of South Africa on 8 February 2023. [6]
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