List of members of the 3rd Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature

3rd Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
3rd Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
Overview
Legislative body	Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
Jurisdiction	Mpumalanga, South Africa
Term	26 April 2004 – May 2009
Election	14 April 2004
Members	30
Speaker	Pinky Phosa
Deputy Speaker	Boy Nobunga
Premier	Thabang Makwetla

This is a list of members of the third Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, as elected in the election of 14 April 2004. The African National Congress (ANC) consolidated its majority in the legislature, winning 27 seats in the 30-seat legislature.^[1] The Democratic Alliance also increased its representation, winning two seats, and the Freedom Front Plus retained a single seat. The New National Party and United Democratic Movement lost the seats they had held in the prior legislature.

When the legislature convened for its first session on 26 April 2004, the ANC's Thabang Makwetla was elected as the third Premier of Mpumalanga.^[2] He opened his term with a major reshuffle of the Mpumalanga Executive Council.^[3] Pinky Phosa was elected as Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, with Boy Nobunga as her deputy.^[4]

Composition

Representation of parties
Party		Seats
	African National Congress	27
	Democratic Alliance	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1
Total		30

Members

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

Membership as elected in 2004
Member		Party
	Anthony Maximilian Benadie	DA
	Mmathulare Coleman	ANC
	Mabhuza Ginindza	ANC
	Clive Winston Hatch	DA
	William Lubisi	ANC
	Jacob Mabena	ANC
	Regalda Thoko Mabena	ANC
	Jabulane Stephen Mabona	ANC
	David Mabuza	ANC
	Fish Mahlalela	ANC
	Jabu Mahlangu	ANC
	Ndaweni Mahlangu	ANC
	Refilwe Caroline Mahlobogoane	ANC
	Thabang Makwetla	ANC
	Louis Johannes Botha Marneweck	FF+
	Siphosezwe Masango	ANC
	Candith Mashego	ANC
	Madala Masuku	ANC
	David Mkwanazi	ANC
	Jackson Mthembu	ANC
	Nomsa Mtsweni	ANC
	Phumuzile Catherine Ngwenya	ANC
	Boy Nobunga	ANC
	Craig Novine Martin Padayachee	ANC
	Pogisho Edwin Pasha	ANC
	Pinky Phosa	ANC
	Dina Pule	ANC
	Vusi Shongwe	ANC
	Sidney Norman Sikhosana	ANC
	Gelana Sarian Sindane	ANC

References

^ ^a ^b "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ "Premiers sworn in". News24. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Politics of the premiers". The Mail & Guardian. 7 May 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature" (PDF). The Legislature Voice. 1: 16. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2017.

[:0-1] "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[2] "Premiers sworn in". News24. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[3] "Politics of the premiers". The Mail & Guardian. 7 May 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[4] "Speakers of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature" (PDF). The Legislature Voice. 1: 16. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2017.

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