List of members of the 5th KwaZulu-Natal Legislature

Between May 2014 and May 2019, the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, the official legislature of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, consisted of 80 members from six different political parties, elected on 7 May 2014 in the 2014 South African general election. The African National Congress (ANC) retained its majority in the legislature with a total of 52 seats, an increase of one seat from the previous legislature elected in 2009.

By contrast, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) lost nine seats and was replaced by the Democratic Alliance (DA) as the official opposition in the legislature. With nine seats, compared to the DA's ten, the IFP was the third-largest party in the legislature. The fourth- and fifth-largest were both newly established parties: the National Freedom Party (NFP) occupied six seats and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) occupied two. A seat apiece had been lost by the Minority Front (MF), the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), and the Congress of the People (Cope), leaving the MF with only one seat and the ACDP and Cope without any representation at all.

Members of the 5th Provincial Legislature took office on 21 May 2014 and served until the general election of 8 May 2019. During the first sitting of the legislature, the ANC's Senzo Mchunu was elected to his first full term as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal. Also from the ANC, Lydia Johnson was retained as Speaker and Meshack Radebe became Deputy Speaker. Sizwe Mchunu of the DA took office as Leader of the Opposition. On 25 May 2016, Willies Mchunu took over as Premier.

Composition

This comparison of party strengths from the 5th KwaZulu-Natal Legislature is represented graphically.

Note this is not the official seating plan of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.


Party		Seats
	African National Congress	52
	DA	10
	Inkatha Freedom Party	9
	National Freedom Party	6
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2
	MF	1
Total		80

Members

This table depicts the list of members of the 5th KwaZulu-Natal Legislature as elected in the election of 7 May 2014. Members of the Provincial Legislature (MPLs) are elected through a system of party-list proportional representation with closed lists.

Name		Parliamentary group
	Nomusa Dube-Ncube	ANC
	Senzo Mchunu	ANC
	Ina Cronje	ANC
	Willies Mchunu	ANC
	Michael Mabuyakhulu	ANC
	Peggy Nkonyeni	ANC
	Sibongiseni Dhlomo	ANC
	Mtholephi Emmanuel Mthimkhulu	ANC
	Meshack Radebe	ANC
	Ntombikayise Saphetha	ANC
	Sipho Caiphas Nkosi	ANC
	Weziwe Thusi	ANC
	Mxolisi Kaunda	ANC
	Bheki Ntuli	ANC
	Ravi Pillay	ANC
	Lydia Johnson	ANC
	Cyril Xaba	ANC
	Senzo Mkhize	ANC
	Mthandeni Dlungwana	ANC
	Vusi Dube	ANC
	Maggie Govender	ANC
	Belinda Scott	ANC
	Lindiwe Bebee	ANC
	Nonhlanhla Khoza	ANC
	Happy Mamlili Blose	ANC
	Nhlakanipho Ntombela	ANC
	Mbali Frazer	ANC
	Sipho Gcabashe	ANC
	Bongi Sithole	ANC
	Siboniso Duma	ANC
	Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu	ANC
	Themba Mthembu	ANC
	Hlobisile Ngxongo	ANC
	Jomo Sibiya	ANC
	Zanele Ludidi	ANC
	Linda Hlongwa-Madlala	ANC
	Super Zuma	ANC
	Important Samson Mkhize	ANC
	Makhoni Maria Ntuli	ANC
	Alpha Shelembe	ANC
	Ntobeko Boyce	ANC
	Bhekimali Vasco Hlengwa	ANC
	Vuyelwa Vivian Tambo	ANC
	Zwelifile Christopher Ntuli	ANC
	Nonzwakazi Swartbooi-Ntombela	ANC
	Sakhephi Dlomo	ANC
	Nomfundo Ntombenhle Penelope Mkhulusi	ANC
	Yatima Nahara	ANC
	Fortune Kwazi Kwakhe Bhengu	ANC
	Lizzie Shabalala	ANC
	Mthenjwa Zondi	ANC
	Zibuse Mlaba	ANC
	Sizwe Mchunu	DA
	Mbali Ntuli	DA
	Imran Keeka	DA
	Francois Rodgers	DA
	Rishigen Viranna	DA
	Mark Steele	DA
	Hlanganani Gumbi	DA
	Ann McDonnell	DA
	Mohammed Rafeek Sayedali Shah	DA
	Ganesan Mari	DA
	Elphas Buthelezi	IFP
	Blessed Gwala	IFP
	Thembeni Petty Mthethwa	IFP
	Subramoney Moodley	IFP
	Hassan Farouk Motala	IFP
	Lionel Mtshali	IFP
	Ncamisile Nkwanyana	IFP
	Joshua Mazibuko	IFP
	Mntomuhle Khawula	IFP
	Vikizitha Mlotshwa	NFP
	Stanley Dladla	NFP
	Happy Khuzwayo	NFP
	Sipho Mdakane	NFP
	Bongokwakhe Mthokozisi Nzuza	NFP
	Erickson Zungu	NFP
	Vusi Khoza	EFF
	Thembi Msane	EFF
	Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi	MF

References

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