Yoliswa Yako

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Yoliswa Yako
MP
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
3 September 2018
Personal details
Born
Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako

(1983-03-22) 22 March 1983 (age 41)
Nationality South African
Political party Economic Freedom Fighters
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician
CommitteesPortfolio Committee on Trade and Industry (Member)
Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (Alternate Member)

Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako (born 22 March 1983) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who serves as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. She took office as an MP on 3 September 2018. Yako was previously 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]

Committee assignments

Current committee assignments

  • Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry [4]
  • Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (Alternate Member) [4]

Past committee assignments

  • Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources

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References

  1. ↑ "Blog: Ms Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako (EFF)". People's Assembly. 4 December 2019. 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. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Ford, Simthandile (12 September 2018). "It's 'call me MP' after EFF's Yako sworn in at parliament". HeraldLIVE. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako". People's Assembly. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Capa, Siyamtanda (16 September 2018). "New EFF MP Yoliswa Yako is 'voice for voiceless'". HeraldLIVE. 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.
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