List of National Assembly members of the 26th Parliament of South Africa information
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Overview
Legislative body
National Assembly of South Africa
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Meeting place
Houses of Parliament
Term
21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019
Election
7 May 2014
Members
400
Speaker
Baleka Mbete
Deputy Speaker
Lech Tsenoli
President
Jacob Zuma (until 14 February 2018) Cyril Ramaphosa (from 15 February 2018)
Leader of the Opposition
Mmusi Maimane
Cabinet
Zuma II
Ramaphosa I
Party control
African National Congress
This is a list of members of the National Assembly during the 26th Parliament of South Africa, which sat between 2014 and 2019.[1] Members were elected during the elections of 7 May 2014. In the elections, the African National Congress (ANC) retained a diminished majority, winning 249 seats in the 400-seat legislature.[2] The Democratic Alliance, with 89 seats, remained the largest opposition party. A new entrant, the Economic Freedom Fighters, became the third-largest party in the National Assembly, winning 25 seats.[3] Also represented were nine smaller parties: the African Christian Democratic Party, the African Independent Congress, Agang South Africa, the Congress of the People, the Inkatha Freedom Party, the Freedom Front Plus, the National Freedom Party, the Pan Africanist Congress, and the United Democratic Movement.[4]
Members were sworn in to their seats on 21 May 2014.[5] At its opening session, the National Assembly elected the ANC's Baleka Mbete to succeed Max Sisulu as Speaker of the National Assembly; she comfortably defeated the opposition candidate, receiving 260 votes to the 88 cast for Nosimo Balindlela of the DA. Lech Tsenoli was elected unopposed as Mbete's deputy.[5] Later in the same session, Jacob Zuma was elected unopposed to his second term as President of South Africa.[6] However, Zuma did not complete his term: on 14 February 2018, Mbete announced that the ANC had decided to support a motion of no confidence in Zuma, and he resigned shortly before midnight that night.[7][8] The following day, the National Assembly elected Zuma's former Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, to his succeed him.[9]
^"All members". parliament.gov.za. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^"After the party, it's time for the ANC to ponder". The Mail & Guardian. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^"Is the EFF the calm before a real leftist storm?". The Mail & Guardian. 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^"It's official: 2014 election results announced". The Mail & Guardian. 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^ ab"Baleka Mbete sworn in as speaker of the House". The Mail & Guardian. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^"Zuma re-elected SA president". IOL. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
^Merten, Marianne (2018-02-14). "President's End: While Zuma did resign, Parliament had a plan anyway". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
^"Time's up: Jacob Zuma has resigned". Mail & Guardian. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
^"I, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, swear that I will be faithful to the Republic of South Africa, as it happened". News24. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
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