Few new faces for NC parly
THERE are likely to be only a handful of new faces in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, following the announcement of the results of Wednesday’s national and provincial elections.
The majority of the seats will go to the winning party, the ANC, which scooped 64.4 percent of the votes, earning the party 20 seats in the legislature.
If the party follows its provincial candidates’ list, submitted to the IEC, the top 20 names on the list in order are: Mosiemanane Kenneth Mmoiemang, John Block, Sylvia Elizabeth Lucas, Alvin Botes, Gothatamang Norman Jonathan Shushu, Cukelwa Magdeline Chotelo, Grizelda Boniwe Cjiekella-Lecholo, Gail Denise Parker, Mxolisi Simon Sokatsha, Martha Bartlett, Dawid Rooi, Johanna Tebieta Beukes, Maruping Matthews Lekwene, Bongiwe Pricilla Mbinqo-Gigaba, Isaac Thapelo Dithebe, Fufe Bohutsana Providence Makatong, McCollen Ntsikelelo Jack, Alexandra Jennifer Beukes, Lebogang James Motlhaping and Goganamang Gladys Oliphant.
The DA, which doubled its number of votes from the 2009 elections, will receive seven seats, four of which will go to members who are newcomers to the legislature.
The top names on the party’s list are (in order) Andrew Louw, Harold McGluwa, Boitumelo Maxwell Babuseng, Safiyia Hajeera Stanfley, Pule Isaac Thole, Ismail Obaray and Isak Cornelius Christiaan Fritz.
The newcomers are Babuseng, Stanfley, Thole and Fritz.
DA members earlier called for a forensic audit into the DA list that they said were manipulated and contained various irregularities, where close allies and family members of Louw were included, despite them having a lack of experience in the legislature.
These allegations were refuted by Louw.
The two seats obtained by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will go to Aubrey Nevil Baartman and Mmabatho Mokause.
Baartman has not been a stranger to controversy. He is being investigated by the ANC for not accounting for R18 million when he was the municipal manager at the Nama Khoi Municipality.
The funds relate to a R5.3 million housing grant as well as R274 667.61 and R122 451.50 that was never transferred to the department’s call account.
Baartman who is the number one candidate on the EFF list in the Northern Cape said that he was being victimised for exposing corruption within the ANC.
Cope obtained one seat but the top names on its party list were Ouneas Dikgetsi, Ennie Mompe and Fred Amos Wyngaard, where Dikgetsi is expected to be the sole representative of the party in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature.
Cope members also complained that there were large discrepancies on the list, that did not correspond to the list recommended by Cope’s electoral college.