Yoliswa Yako

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Yoliswa Yako
MP
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
3 September 2018 –10 July 2024
Personal details
Born
Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako

(1983-03-22) 22 March 1983 (age 42)
Nationality South African
Political party Economic Freedom Fighters
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako (born 22 March 1983) 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.

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Background

Yako was born on 22 March 1983. She joined the Economic Freedom Fighters in 2014 and was elected as a councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in August 2016. [1] In 2018, she was elected chairperson of the municipality's Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). [2]

Parliamentary career

Yako being sworn in on 22 May 2019 Yoliswa Yako sworn in.jpg
Yako being sworn in on 22 May 2019

On 3 September 2018, Yako was sworn in as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the EFF, succeeding Vuyokazi Ketabahle. [3] Nosipho Ncana replaced her as a Nelson Mandela Bay councillor. Yako was assigned to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources. [4] She delivered her maiden speech on the #FeesMustFall activists, who were either imprisoned or expelled from university. [5]

Yako was elected to a full term as an MP in May 2019. [6] On 27 June 2019, she received her new committee assignments. [4] Yako was ranked too low on the EFF national list to be returned to parliament following the 2024 general election. [7] However, multiple prospective EFF MPs declined their seats in the National Assembly which led to Yako returning to Parliament. She later resigned in July 2024. [8]

She is openly queer. [9]

Committee assignments

References

  1. ↑ "Blog: Ms Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako (EFF)". People's Assembly. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Lugunya, Afikile (25 January 2018). "'We told you EFF will be rewarded for protecting Trollip': opposition parties". www.rnews.co.za. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Ford, Simthandile (12 September 2018). "It's 'call me MP' after EFF's Yako sworn in at parliament". HeraldLIVE. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako". People's Assembly. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Capa, Siyamtanda (16 September 2018). "New EFF MP Yoliswa Yako is 'voice for voiceless'". HeraldLIVE. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "NA MEMBERS ALPHABETIC" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "x.com".
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