The ANC’s self-cleansing? The promised renewal, or more complex plots?

SOUTH AFRICA - Report 23 May 2019 by Iraj Abedian

The first sitting of the National Assembly took place on 22 May 2019 in Cape Town. This marks South Africa’s sixth democratic Parliament with 358 members officially sworn in by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. The ruling party ANC (African National Congress) acquired 230 seats while the main opposition parties, the DA (Democratic Alliance) and EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters) claimed 84 and 44 seats, respectively. Cyril Ramaphosa was also officially sworn in as the president of the state, while Thandi Modise replaced Baleka Mbete as the Speaker of the National Assembly and Lechesa Tsenoli returned as the Deputy Speaker.

In fact, Baleka Mbete withdrew her name from the MP (Member of Parliament) list on Tuesday (21 May) following the ANC’s special national executive committee (NEC) on Monday (20 May). The MPs list had caused a stir in the country as some of the names on the list had been accused of numerous wrong doings. Mbete, the former national Speaker, has not only been criticised by opposition parties for being biased towards the ANC and highly favouring Ex-president Jacob Zuma (who is currently appearing in court on fraud, corruption and racketeering charges) in the past years, but her business links have also remained controversial and were highly questioned.

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