List of members of the 3rd Gauteng Provincial Legislature

The third Gauteng Provincial Legislature was elected in the election of 14 April 2004. In that election, the African National Congress (ANC) retained its majority in the legislature, winning 51 of 73 seats.^[1] In its first sitting on 26 April 2004, the legislature re-elected Mbhazima Shilowa as Premier of Gauteng. It also elected Richard Mdakane as Speaker and Mary Metcalfe as Deputy Speaker.^[2]

3rd Gauteng Provincial Legislature
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Johannesburg City Hall
Overview
Legislative body	Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Jurisdiction	Gauteng, South Africa
Meeting place	Johannesburg City Hall
Term	26 April 2004 – April 2009
Election	14 April 2004
Members	73
Speaker	Richard Mdakane
Deputy Speaker	Mary Metcalfe (2004–5) Sophia Williams-De Bruyn (2005–9)
Premier	Mbhazima Shilowa (2004–8) Paul Mashatile (2008–9)
Party control	African National Congress

The Democratic Alliance, with 15 seats, was the official opposition in the legislature. Also represented in the legislature were the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), the Independent Democrats (ID), the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), and the United Democratic Movement (UDM).^[1] For the first time since the legislature was established in 1994, the New National Party was not represented.^[2]

Metcalfe resigned from the legislature in 2005 and was replaced as Deputy Speaker by Sophia Williams-De Bruyn.^[3] Moreover, in 2008, Shilowa resigned as Premier and Paul Mashatile was elected to replace him.^[4]

Composition

Party		Seats
	African National Congress	51
	DA	15
	Inkatha Freedom Party	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	1
	VF+	1
	Independent Democrats	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	1
	United Democratic Front	1
Total		73

Members

The table below lists the members elected to the provincial legislature in the April 2004 election; it does not take into account changes in membership after the election.^[5]

Member	Party
Lydia Meshoe	ACDP
Pamotanji Johannes Bokaba	ANC
Firoz Cachalia	ANC
Motlalepula Chabaku	ANC
Barbara Creecy	ANC
Sam de Beer	ANC
Buyisiwe Regina Dhladhla	ANC
Ignatius Jacobs	ANC
Trevor Fowler	ANC
Mondli Gungubele	ANC
Refilwe Sophia Letwaba	ANC
Bob Mabaso	ANC
Nomopo Maggie Madlala	ANC
Errol Magerman	ANC
Qedani Mahlangu	ANC
Sipho John Makama	ANC
Pule Isaac Malefane	ANC
Lindiwe Maseko	ANC
Paul Mashatile	ANC
Faith Mazibuko	ANC
Valentine Mbatha	ANC
Richard Mdakane	ANC
Mary Metcalfe	ANC
Angelina Mmatlou Moeng	ANC
Jacqueline Mofokeng	ANC
Annah Refilwe Mogale	ANC
Moabi Daniel Mohapi	ANC
Uhuru Moiloa	ANC
Nomvula Mokonyane	ANC
Khabisi Mosunkutu	ANC
Angie Motshekga	ANC
Mathole Motshekga	ANC
Cetshwayo Amon Msane	ANC
Samson Bengeza Mthombeni	ANC
Refiloe Nosipho Ndzuta	ANC
Steward Ngwenya	ANC
Mandla Nkomfe	ANC
Bekizwe Nkosi	ANC
Hope Papo	ANC
Nomalizo Joyce Pekane	ANC
Mbongeni Radebe	ANC
Nomantu Ralehoko	ANC
Gwen Ramokgopa	ANC
Ram Salojee	ANC
Michael Homotsang Seloane	ANC
Doreen Senkoanyane	ANC
Sicelo Shiceka	ANC
Mbhazima Shilowa	ANC
Nokuthula Sikakane	ANC
Elliot Mshiyeni Sogoni	ANC
Dikeledi Tsotetsi	ANC
Godfrey Tsotetsi	ANC
Jack Bloom	DA
Philippus Bernardus de Wet	DA
Brian Goodall	DA
Rose Esther Gudlhuza	DA
Hermene Koorts	DA
Hendrika Johanna Lodiwika Kruger	DA
Patricia Betty Mokgohlwa	DA
John Moodey	DA
Cornelia Margaritha Elizabeth Plüddemann	DA
Chabeli Salmon Nkhi	DA
David Lockwood Quail	DA
Glenda Jane Steyn	DA
James Martin Swart	DA
Paul Samuel Robert Willemburg	DA
Frederik Gerhardus Andreas Wolmarans	DA
Jaco Mulder	FF+
Themba Sono	ID
Gertrude Mzizi	IFP
Sibongile Nkomo	IFP
Malesela Ledwaba	PAC
Nomakhosazana Mncedane	UDM

Members who joined the legislature during the term included:

• Joachim Boers (ANC)^[6]
• Sophia Williams-De Bruyn (ANC)^[6]
• Brian Hlongwa (ANC)^[7]
• Kgaogelo Lekgoro (ANC)^[7]

References

1. "Republic of South Africa General Election Results". Election Resources. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
2. "Shilowa pledges to fulfil mandate". Mail & Guardian. 26 April 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
3. "Gauteng Legislature Appoints New Deputy Speaker". BuaNews. 10 February 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via allAfrica.
4. "Mashatile elected to lead Gauteng". Mail & Guardian. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
5. "Seat assignment report: Provincial elections African National Congress" (PDF). Electoral Commission. 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
6. Annual Report of the Gauteng Legislature 2005/2006 (PDF). Johannesburg. 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
7. "New MECs upbeat about working in Gauteng". IOL. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2022.