Maggie Mulalife Ratsoma is a South African politician who represented the National Party (NP) and New National Party (NNP) in the National Assembly until 1999. She was not initially elected in the 1994 general election,[1] but joined the caucus during the legislative term to fill a casual vacancy.[2] She was chairperson of the NNP's district branch in Soshanguve, Gauteng until April 1999, when, ahead of that year's general election, Ratsoma defected from the NP to the governing African National Congress.[3] She was not re-elected to Parliament in 1999.

Maggie Ratsoma
Member of the National Assembly
In office
until April 1999
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress (since April 1999)
Other political
affiliations

References

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  1. ^ South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994. International Republican Institute. 1994. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Yumpu.
  2. ^ "Members of the National Assembly". Parliament of South Africa. 3 June 1998. Archived from the original on 28 June 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Another disgruntled MP leaves NNP to join ANC". Business Day. 20 April 1999. Retrieved 27 April 2023 – via allAfrica.