{"id":819273,"date":"2025-01-12T09:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/icymi-best-of-2024-full-list-of-south-africas-400-post-election-mps-and-mpls\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T09:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:11:48","slug":"icymi-best-of-2024-full-list-of-south-africas-400-post-election-mps-and-mpls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/icymi-best-of-2024-full-list-of-south-africas-400-post-election-mps-and-mpls\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Best of 2024 \u2013 Full list of South Africa\u2019s 400 post-election MPs (and MPLs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page\">\n\t\t<main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1066680\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope>\n<div>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biznews.com\/sarenewal\/2024\/06\/06\/sas-400-post-election-mps\">South Africa\u2019s post-election National Assembly list<\/a><\/strong> for 2024 was full of surprises. Notable inclusions and exclusions sparked nationwide debate, including the absence of ActionSA\u2019s Herman Mashaba and the ANC\u2019s Police Minister Bheki Cele, while firebrand Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and Ian Cameron made the cut. Dive into the full list of 400 MPs and MPLs to see who will shape the country\u2019s political landscape in the current term. Whether it\u2019s shock, intrigue, or hope, this lineup has it all.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register\u00a0<\/em><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lfVRYP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The seventh BizNews Conference, BNC#7, is to be held in Hermanus from March 11 to 13, 2025. The 2025 BizNews Conference is designed to provide an excellent opportunity for members of the BizNews community to interact directly with the keynote speakers, old (and new) friends from previous BNC events \u2013 and to interact with members of the BizNews team. Register for BNC#7\u00a0<\/em><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quicket.co.za\/events\/287971-bnc7-the-2025-biznews-conference\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>By Chris Steyn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are surprises on the National Assembly list of elected representatives going to Parliament following the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice Raymond Zondo today officially receives the list from the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission for handover to the Secretary to Parliament in preparation for the first sitting of the National Assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lists (see below) name all 400 designated members of Parliament (MPs); and the members of the Provincial Legislatures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are official but will only be final when the lawmakers are sworn into office later in the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Election\u201924 voters were required to complete three voting forms \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Results from the \u201cNational\u201d National Assembly list led to the allocation by political parties of 200 Members of Parliament (MPs) in the National Assembly.<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cProvincial\u201d National Assembly list provided the other 200 MPs in the 400 seat house.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Provincial Legislature lists determined each political party\u2019s allocation of its Members of the Provincial Legislatures (MPLs).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0Here are some of the notable inclusions and exclusions among those who will represent South Africans in the National Assembly:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ActionSA President Herman Mashaba is absent, with the party\u2019s Eastern Cape leader heading the list of the party\u2019s six MPs;<\/li>\n<li>The ruling African National Congress\u2019 Police Minister Bheki Cele is not included among the ANCs MPs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>However, Cele\u2019s his nemesi,s crime fighter Ian Cameron, now listed as a Democratic Alliance MP;<\/li>\n<li>Controversial ANC personalities like Gwede Mantashe, Malusi Gigaba, David Mahlobo, Blade Nzimande, and Bejani Chauke are all there;<\/li>\n<li>The absence of Fikile Mbalula\u2019s name is not significant because the party\u2019s Secretary General does not hold a seat in Parliament;<\/li>\n<li>The list for former President Jacob Zuma\u2019s MK Party is topped by Jabulani Khumalo, the very man who is now fighting him for control of the party; and<\/li>\n<li>Zuma\u2019s firebrand daughter, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is among MK\u2019s nominated MPs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0*See the National &#038; Provincial lists here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read also:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biznews.com\/interviews\/2024\/12\/17\/kiffness-trump-sooliman-malema\">The Kiffness: Trump, Sooliman &#038; Malema \u2013 The back stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biznews.com\/sarenewal\/2024\/06\/23\/lavish-perks-south-african-mps\">What are the lavish perks reserved for South African MPs?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biznews.com\/leadership\/2024\/06\/07\/alec-hogg-new-mps-world-sees-anc\">Alec Hogg: SA\u2019s 12 new twenty-something MPs; and how world sees ANC\u2019s binary choice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Cyril Ramaphosa: The Audio Biography<\/h3>\n<p>Listen to the story of Cyril Ramaphosa&#8217;s rise to presidential power, narrated by our very own Alec Hogg.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gum.co\/ramaphosa-biography-audio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" onclick=\"if (!window.__cfRLUnblockHandlers) return false; ga('send', 'event', 'Button', 'click', 'Ramaphosa Book (After Content)');\" data-cf-modified-105328a73825cdf858a1b2b7->Get the Audiobook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Narration by Alec Hogg<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biznews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/alec-hogg-profile-squared.jpg\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t<\/div>\n<p> Chris Steyn<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biznews.com\/leadership\/2024\/12\/29\/icymi-2024-full-list-mps-mpls\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s post-election National Assembly list for 2024 was full of surprises. Notable inclusions and exclusions sparked nationwide debate, including the absence of ActionSA\u2019s Herman Mashaba and the ANC\u2019s Police Minister Bheki Cele, while firebrand Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and Ian Cameron made the cut. 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