Sipho Mfundisi

Sipho Mfundisi
Member of the National Assembly
In office
25 January 2012 – 6 May 2014
In office
June 1999 – May 2009
Personal details
Born
Isaac Sipho Mfundisi

(1948-10-02) 2 October 1948 (age 76)
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyUnited Christian Democratic Party

Isaac Sipho Mfundisi (born 2 October 1948) is a South African politician who represented the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2014. He is also a former president of the UCDP.

Political career

Born on 2 October 1948, Mfundisi joined Parliament after the 1999 general election, in which he was narrowly elected to a UCDP seat in the National Assembly.[1] He served two consecutive terms, gaining re-election in 2004,[2] and during that time served as spokesman for the UCDP.[3][4]

Mfundisi was not re-elected to his seat in the 2009 general election, but he remained in office as chairperson of the UCDP.[5] During the legislative term that followed, he was promoted to UCDP deputy president and then, after incumbent party president Mavis Matladi died in November 2011,[6] to UCDP president.[7] During his presidency, the party was involved in a legal battle with its founder, Lucas Mangope, who demanded to be reinstated to the leadership.[8][7]

Mfundisi also returned to the National Assembly; he was sworn in on 25 January 2012 to fill the seat formerly held by Matladi.[9] In the next general election in 2014, he ran for re-election, ranked first on the UCDP's party list, but the party failed to win any seats in the chamber.[10]

References

  1. ^ "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Mangope cleared of fraud". The Mail & Guardian. 18 May 1999. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Defections galore rock parties". Sowetan. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Opposition parties count their losses". The Mail & Guardian. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  6. ^ "UCDP president passes away". News24. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Court rules against Mangope's removal". Sowetan. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Mangope wants job back". Sowetan. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Members of the National Assembly". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Isaac Sipho Mfundisi". People's Assembly. Retrieved 18 May 2023.