Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
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The Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Eastern Cape
. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the members of the leading party or coalition in the parliament.
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the members of the leading party or coalition in the parliament.
Officers
- SpeakerSpeaker (politics)The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
- Fikile Xasa - Chief WhipChief WhipThe Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:...
- ? - Deputy Speaker - Neo Mberane
Speakers of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
| Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gugile Nkwinti Gugile Nkwinti Gugile Ernest Nkwinti is a South African politician, currently serving in the Cabinet of South Africa as the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform.-Education and career:... |
1994 | 1999 | ANC African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a... |
| Mkhangeli Matomela | 1999 | 2004 | ANC African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a... |
| Noxolo Kiviet Noxolo Kiviet Noxolo Kiviet is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Premier of the Eastern Cape since 6 May 2009. She is the former speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature . She is also a member of the African National Congress.... |
2004 | 2009 | ANC African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a... |
| Fikile Xasa | May 6, 2009 | Present | ANC African National Congress The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a... |