Bheki Mnyandu | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 23 April 2004 – May 2009 | |
Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
Personal details | |
Born | Bhekinhlahla Jeremia Mnyandu 19 November 1955 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress (since September 2005) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic Alliance (until September 2005) |
Bhekinhlahla Jeremia Mnyandu (born 19 November 1955) [1] is a South African academic and politician who represented KwaZulu-Natal in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2009. He was a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) until September 2005, when he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC).
Mnyandu was formerly an academic in KwaZulu-Natal. [2] He joined the National Assembly as a DA representative after the 2004 general election; he was sworn in to the seat, one of the DA's eight in the KwaZulu-Natal caucus, after it was declined by member-elect Visvin Reddy. [3]
Hours before the end of the floor-crossing window of September 2005, Mnyandu announced that he had resigned from the DA in order to join the governing ANC. [4] He was accompanied by three other black DA MPs – Richard Ntuli, Enyinna Nkem-Abonta, and Dan Maluleke – and DA leader Tony Leon later complaint that they had all been "direct beneficiaries of the DA's attempts to increase the diversity of the party's leadership". [2]
In the 2009 general election, Mnyandu stood for re-election under the ANC's banner, [1] but he was ranked too low on the party list to win a seat.
Bheki Mnyandu | |
---|---|
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 23 April 2004 – May 2009 | |
Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
Personal details | |
Born | Bhekinhlahla Jeremia Mnyandu 19 November 1955 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress (since September 2005) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic Alliance (until September 2005) |
Bhekinhlahla Jeremia Mnyandu (born 19 November 1955) [1] is a South African academic and politician who represented KwaZulu-Natal in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2009. He was a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) until September 2005, when he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC).
Mnyandu was formerly an academic in KwaZulu-Natal. [2] He joined the National Assembly as a DA representative after the 2004 general election; he was sworn in to the seat, one of the DA's eight in the KwaZulu-Natal caucus, after it was declined by member-elect Visvin Reddy. [3]
Hours before the end of the floor-crossing window of September 2005, Mnyandu announced that he had resigned from the DA in order to join the governing ANC. [4] He was accompanied by three other black DA MPs – Richard Ntuli, Enyinna Nkem-Abonta, and Dan Maluleke – and DA leader Tony Leon later complaint that they had all been "direct beneficiaries of the DA's attempts to increase the diversity of the party's leadership". [2]
In the 2009 general election, Mnyandu stood for re-election under the ANC's banner, [1] but he was ranked too low on the party list to win a seat.