| Dickson Mkono | |
|---|---|
| Delegate to the National Council of Provinces | |
| Assembly Member for Eastern Cape | |
| In office April 2004 – May 2009 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 26 March 2001 – April 2004 | |
| Constituency | Eastern Cape |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dickson Gcinikhaya Mkono (1960-11-04) 4 November 1960 (age 64) |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress (since March 2003) |
| Other political affiliations | United Democratic Movement (until March 2003) |
Dickson Gcinikhaya Mkono (born 4 November 1960) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. He served in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2004 and in the National Council of Provinces from 2004 to 2009. He was a member of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) until March 2003, when he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC).
Legislative career
National Assembly: 2001–2004
Mkono joined the National Assembly on 26 March 2001, when he was nominated by the UDM to fill in for the casual vacancy arising from Ndaba Mtirara's resignation. He was a member of the Eastern Cape caucus.
Two years after he was installed in his seat, during the floor-crossing window of March 2003, Mkono announced that he had resigned from the UDM to join the governing ANC. In a press statement, Mkono said that the UDM was "neither united nor democratic", claimed that the party was "losing membership like a tree shedding its leaves", and was highly critical of party leader Bantu Holomisa.
National Council of Provinces: 2004–2009
In the next general election in 2004, Mkono was elected to represent the ANC in the National Council of Provinces, where he was a permanent delegate for the Eastern Cape.
References
- "2009 National and Provincial Election candidate lists" (PDF). Electoral Commission. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- "Six more UDM MPs defect". News24. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- "UDM hit by 145 defections to ANC". The Mail & Guardian. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- "Members of the NCOP" Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 2023-05-09.