Angela Thokozile Didiza is a South African politician serving as Speaker of the National Assembly since 14 June 2024. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),she was formerly the Minister of Agriculture,Land Reform and Rural Development between May 2019 and June 2024. She served an earlier stint in the cabinet between 1999 and 2008.
Qubudile Richard Dyantyi is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2019 until 2024. Before that,he was a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and served as the Western Cape's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Local Government and Housing from 2005 to 2008. In 2021,he was elected chairperson of the national parliament's Committee for the Section 194 Enquiry into Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office.
Cathlene Labuschagne is a South African politician serving as a permanent delegate to the National Council of the Provinces from the Western Cape since 2014. Labuschagne is a party member of the Democratic Alliance.
Noxolo Kiviet is a South African politician who served as the Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2023 to 2024. She was formerly the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure from 2019 to 2023 and also served as the Premier of the Eastern Cape from 2009 to 2014.
Daniel Plato,known as Dan Plato,is a South African politician and a former Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He served from June 2011 until October 2018 and again from January 2022 until February 2024. He is the former mayor of Cape Town,a position he held for two nonconsecutive terms from May 2009 until June 2011 and again from November 2018 until October 2021. From June 2011 to October 2018,he was the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety.
The 2019 Western Cape provincial election was held on 8 May 2019 to elect the 6th Western Cape Provincial Parliament. It was the sixth provincial election held since the establishment of the provincial legislature in 1994.
Mogamad Nazier Paulsen is South African politician currently serving as a Member of the National Assembly for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). Prior to serving parliament,he served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.
Makoti Sibongile Khawula is a South African politician and previous anti-apartheid activist from KwaZulu-Natal serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party since 2014. Khawula is known for her insistence on speaking Zulu in Parliament.
Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. She took office as an MP on 3 September 2018. Before that,Yako was a PR councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality and the chairperson of the municipality's Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). Yako is a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters.
Mmabatho Olive Mokause is a South African politician serving as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the Northern Cape since March 2020. She is a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). Mokause was a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature from May 2014 to April 2015. She was appointed to the National Assembly of South Africa,the lower house of Parliament,in April 2015 and served in the chamber until January 2018. After the May 2019 general election,she returned to the National Assembly,but resigned in September. In March 2020,she was selected to represent the EFF in the upper house.
Bertha Peace Mabe is a South African politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since February 2017,as well as the Deputy Minister of Sport,Arts and Culture since 3 July 2024. She previously served in the National Assembly from May 2014 until August 2016. She served as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Gauteng between May 2009 and April 2014. Mabe is a member of the African National Congress and the party's unsuccessful 2016 Mogale City mayoral candidate.
Albert Mammoga "Nocks" Seabi is a South African politician from Limpopo. He has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa since July 2018.
Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba is a South African politician. She is a former chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education in the National Assembly of South Africa and a former Member of Parliament representing the African National Congress. Prior to serving in parliament,she was a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) in the Northern Cape provincial government.
Mary-Ann Lindelwa Dunjwa is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress,she was elected to the National Assembly in 2009. After her re-election in 2014,she became the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health,a position she held until 2019,when she was elected Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour. She was re-elected to Parliament in the 2024 general election and then elected to chair the Portfolio Committee on Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities before she was elected chairperson of the Chairperson of the Joint Multi-Party Women's Caucus.
Nontando Judith Nolutshungu is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). She was elected National Chairperson of the EFF in December 2024.
Xola Nqola is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),he is the chairperson of the National Assembly of South Africa's Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development.
Beauty Nomvuzo Dlulane is a South African politician who served as the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Sports,Arts and Culture in the National Assembly of South Africa. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament from 1997 until 2024. Between 2012 and 2022,she was also a member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC.
Zoliswa Albertina Kota-Mpeko is a South African politician from the Western Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),she served as Deputy Minister of Human Settlements between May 2009 and May 2019. She served six terms in the National Assembly of South Africa.
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.
Lungi Annette Mnganga-Gcabashe is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal who represents the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly. She has been the Deputy President of the ANC Women's League since July 2023.
