List of members of the 3rd KwaZulu-Natal Legislature

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Overview
Legislative body KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
Jurisdiction KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Term23 April 2004 – May 2009
Election 14 April 2004
Members80
Speaker Willies Mchunu (ANC)
Deputy Speaker Mhlabunzima Hlengwa (IFP)
Premier S'bu Ndebele (ANC)

This is a list of members of the third KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, as elected in the general election of 14 April 2004. In that election, for the first time since the 1994 general election, the African National Congress (ANC) overtook the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) to hold a plurality in the legislature, winning 38 seats against the IFP's 30. [1] The ANC and IFP governed in an ANC-led coalition until November 2006. The Democratic Alliance retained its seven seats, and the other five seats were divided between the African Christian Democratic Party, the Minority Front, and the United Democratic Movement; the New National Party lost its representation in the legislature. [1]

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In the aftermath of the election, the ANC named S'bu Ndebele as its candidate for election as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal. [2] During the first sitting of the legislature on 23 April 2004, [3] after members were sworn in to their seats, the outgoing Premier, Lionel Mtshali of the IFP, formally nominated Ndebele as his successor. [4] Ndebele was elected, becoming the province's first Premier from a party other than the IFP. Willies Mchunu was elected as Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature and the IFP's Mhlabunzima Hlengwa was elected as Deputy Speaker. [5]

After a period of prevarication, [4] the IFP entered into a coalition agreement with the ANC, in terms of which it was represented in Ndebele's Executive Council. The Minority Front also held one portfolio in the Executive Council. [5] On 1 November 2006, Premier Ndebele sacked the IFP's two Members of the Executive Council, terminating the IFP's participation in the government; he said that the relationship between the parties had been undermined by the IFP's campaign to oust the ANC from control of several KwaZulu-Natal municipalities. [6]

Composition

PartySeats
African National Congress 38
Inkatha Freedom Party 30
Democratic Alliance 7
African Christian Democratic Party 2
Minority Front 2
United Democratic Movement 1
Total80

Members

This is a list of members of the second legislature as elected on 14 April 2004. [1] It does not take into account changes in membership after the election.

NameParty
Jo-Ann Downs ACDP
Assah Mbatha ACDP
Bheki Cele ANC
Ina Cronje ANC
Sipho Gcabashe ANC
Thotaram Jeedodh Mata Bhikh Jeebodh ANC
Lydia Johnson ANC
Dumisani Nicholas Khuzwayo ANC
Mbuso Ashman Ishmail Kubheka ANC
Mike Mabuyakhulu ANC
Maurice Mansfield Mackenzie ANC
Dumisane Henry Makhaye ANC
Senzo Mchunu ANC
Willies Mchunu ANC
Priscilla Mary McKay ANC
Zanele Maria Miya ANC
Zweli Mkhize ANC
Zibuse Mlaba ANC
Samuel Nkosiyezwe Mtetwa ANC
Mtholephi Mthimkhulu ANC
Ntombifikile Pretty Molefe ANC
Yatima Nahara ANC
Gabriel Ndabandaba ANC
Sbu Ndebele ANC
Paulos Nkosenye Ngcobo ANC
Peggy Ngubane ANC
Marlene Virginia Noel ANC
Meshack Radebe ANC
Belinda Scott ANC
Lizzie Shabalala ANC
George Mzwakhefana Sithole ANC
Omie Singh ANC
Jan Slabbert ANC
Nonzwakazi Swartbooi ANC
Vuyelwa Vivian Tambo ANC
Mike Tarr ANC
Weziwe Thusi ANC
Sihlangu Joffrey Vilane ANC
Cyril Xaba ANC
Roger Marshall Burrows DA
Radley Keys DA
Johann Krog DA
Ramarak Maharaj DA
Ganesan Mari DA
Margaret Hewlett Moore DA
Wilson Ngcobo DA
John Fredric Aulsebrook IFP
Geoffrey Bhengu IFP
Bonginkosi Thomas Buthelezi IFP
Henry Jean Combrinck IFP
Faith Gasa IFP
Poobalan Govender IFP
Simon Gumede IFP
Blessed Gwala IFP
Alexander James Hamilton IFP
Mhlabunzima Hlengwa IFP
Moses Khubisa IFP
Mandla Saul Malakoana IFP
Jabulani Simon Maphalala IFP
Ephraim Sipho Mbatha IFP
Lindiwe Mbuyazi IFP
Bonga Mdletshe IFP
Busi Sybil Mohlaka IFP
Christian Msimang IFP
Celani Jeffrey Mtetwa IFP
Mpikayipheli Joel Mthethwa IFP
Lionel Mtshali IFP
Mziwamandla Mzobe IFP
Soobramoney Naicker IFP
Lauretta Gladys Ngcobo IFP
Sibusiso Benedict Ngidi IFP
Nyanga Ngubane IFP
Thandabantu David Ntombela IFP
Kamal Panday IFP
Narend Singh IFP
Gideon Zulu IFP
Amichand Rajbansi MF
Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi MF
Bongani Johnson Msomi UDM

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References

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