Masizole Mnqasela

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The Honourable
Masizole Mnqasela
MPP
Masizole Mnqasela MP.jpg
7th Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Preceded bySharna Fernandez
Shadow Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
14 May 2009 – 5 June 2014
Preceded byUnknown
Succeeded by
Member of the National Assembly
In office
6 May 2009 – 6 May 2014
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 May 2014
Personal details
Born (1981-03-01) 1 March 1981 (age 40)
, , Tsolo, Cape Province, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance

Masizole Mnqasela (born 1 March 1981[1]) is a South African politician, currently the 7th Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He was previously a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance from 2009 to 2014, the Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, and the country's third youngest parliamentarian after the African National Congress's Mduduzi Manana, and the Congress of the People's Luzelle Adams.[2]

Political career[]

Mnqasela was initially an African National Congress branch organiser in the executive committee of Ward 96. He was General Secretary of the Ward 96 Development Forum in Makhaza, Khayelitsha from 2001 to 2002.

He introduced the Democratic Alliance to the ANC's bloated Khayelitsha Development Forum (KDF), which refused membership to the DA for quite some time. Mnqasela served as a member of its executive committee between 2004 and 2007.

Constituency Chairperson[]

From 2003 to 2004, he served as the DA Branch Chairperson of Ward 96 in the City of Cape Town.

In 2004, he participated in a world forum of young people from 25 world countries, which took place in Germany on managing world conflicts, the protection of human rights and advancing liberal principles in the people of the world.

Mnqasela served as a councillor in the City of Cape Town between November 2003 and April 2009.

In 2006, Mnqasela worked together with Helen Zille in negotiating with the PAC to join a political pact, that saw the Democratic Alliance winning the City of Cape Town through a multi-party coalition system.

Between 2006 and 2009, he had served as an executive councillor and the Chairperson of both Sub-Council 6 & 10

Mnqasela has served as a member of the DA's Provincial Council since 2004.

DA Federal Council[]

Mnqasela had been a member of the DA Federal Council from 2012 to 2014.

National Parliament[]

He served as a member of Parliament in the Republic of South Africa from 2009 to 2014. In the same time, he was the DA Deputy Shadow Minister on Home Affairs.

Provincial Parliament[]

Mnqaasela was sworn in as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament on 21 May 2014. For the Fifth Provincial Parliament, he was the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Local Government.

On 22 May 2019, he was elected Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "ABOUT MASIZOLE". Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ "National List MPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  3. ^ Provincial legislatures swear in new members. Retrieved on 27 May 2019.
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