Zwelethu Lukanyiso "Mighty" Madasa (born 20 February 1960) is a South African politician and lawyer who served in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2010, excepting a month-long hiatus in 2009. He represented the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) until September 2005, when he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC). He resigned from the National Assembly in September 2010 and became the Clerk of the Pan-African Parliament.
Mighty Madasa | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 13 June 2009 – 1 September 2010 | |
| In office June 1999 – May 2009 | |
| Constituency | Gauteng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zwelethu Lukanyiso Madasa 20 February 1960 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress (since September 2005) |
| Other political affiliations | African Christian Democratic Party (until September 2005) |
Early life
editMadasa was born on 20 February 1960.[1]
South African Parliament
editMadasa was first elected to the National Assembly in the 1999 general election as a representative of the ACDP in Gauteng[1] and was elected to a second term in his seat in the 2004 general election.[2] Shortly after the 2004 election, the National Assembly nominated him as one of its five representatives at the Pan-African Parliament.[3][4]
He resigned from the ACDP and joined the governing ANC on 8 September 2005 during that month's floor-crossing window.[5] The ACDP said that he and his fellow defector, Selby Khumalo, were "respected and valued members of the ACDP" but that their decision did not "reflect the will of the voters".[6] Madasa served the rest of the legislative term under the ANC banner, and in October 2008, in a reshuffle of the ANC's caucus, the party nominated him to chair the Portfolio Committee on International Relations.[7]
However, he held the chairmanship for less than a year, because he was not re-elected to his legislative seat in the 2009 general election. He was restored to his seat just over a month after the election, on 13 June 2009; he was sworn in to fill the casual vacancy in the ANC's caucus that had arisen after Mandisi Mpahlwa's resignation.[8]
Pan-African Parliament
editOn 1 September 2010,[8] Madasa in turn resigned from the National Assembly and took up a full-time position as head of the Secretariat of the Pan-African Parliament.[9]
He is a lawyer by profession and in June 2016 was one of 73 candidates nominated to succeed Thuli Madonsela as Public Protector,[10] though he was not shortlisted.
References
edit- ^ a b "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "DA left out of delegation to Pan African Parliament". The Mail & Guardian. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "List of Members of the Pan African Parliament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ "National Assembly Members". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "'The opposition created this monster'". The Mail & Guardian. 8 September 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Travelgate trialist named chief whip". IOL. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Members of the National Assembly". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "How Mighty has fallen from favour". News24. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Davis, Gaye (28 June 2016). "Madiba's former legal advisor up for esteemed Public Protector post". EWN. Retrieved 26 April 2023.