Thokozani Langa (politician)

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Thokozani Langa
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
22 May 2019 3 February 2023
Personal details
Born
Thokozani Makhosonke Langa
NationalitySouth African
Political party Inkatha Freedom Party (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
Economic Freedom Fighters (Until 2023)
ProfessionPolitician

Thokozani Makhosonke Langa is a South African politician who was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2019 general election as a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party. [1] [2]

Langa was an alternate member of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy; he had previously served as a member of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development. [3]

In March 2021, Langa was one of fourteen EFF MPs who the Power and Privileges Committee of Parliament recommended a sanction of a fine not exceeding the equivalent of one month's salary and allowances for disrupting Minister Pravin Gordhan's budget vote speech on 11 July 2019. [4]

Langa resigned from Parliament with effect from 3 February 2023.

On 10 March 2023, Langa was welcomed into the Inkatha Freedom Party after he had resigned from the EFF. Langa accused the EFF of being a corrupt and ungovernable party. [5]

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