Nomaindia Mfeketo
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Nomaindia Mfeketo is the current Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa. She was the mayor
of Cape Town
in South Africa
in 2000 and again from 2002 to 2006.
She became the fourth woman and the first black woman to be mayor of the city when she held the post of Mayor briefly in 2000. She was re-elected mayor following the floor-crossing period which gave her party, the African National Congress
(ANC), the majority in the city council in 2002, ousting Gerald Morkel
of the Democratic Alliance (DA). She held the post until the DA regained control of the council in 2006, after which Helen Zille
took office.
In 2007, Mfeketo was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee. On May 6, 2009, Mfeketo was elected as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
.
Mayor of Cape Town
The Mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that...
of Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in 2000 and again from 2002 to 2006.
She became the fourth woman and the first black woman to be mayor of the city when she held the post of Mayor briefly in 2000. She was re-elected mayor following the floor-crossing period which gave her party, the African National Congress
African National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
(ANC), the majority in the city council in 2002, ousting Gerald Morkel
Gerald Morkel
Gerald Morkel is a former Mayor of Cape Town and Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa. He currently serves as a member of the Cape Town City Council for the Democratic Alliance....
of the Democratic Alliance (DA). She held the post until the DA regained control of the council in 2006, after which Helen Zille
Helen Zille
Helen Zille is the Premier of the Western Cape, a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance political party, and a former Mayor of Cape Town.Zille is a former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, and famously exposed the truth...
took office.
In 2007, Mfeketo was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee. On May 6, 2009, Mfeketo was elected as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
National Assembly of South Africa
The National Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape Province. It consists of no fewer than 350 and no more than 400 members...
.