Geoffrey Bhengu | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office June 1999 – August 2002 | |
| Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Delegate to the National Council of Provinces | |
| Assembly Member for KwaZulu-Natal | |
| In office May 1994 – June 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Geoffrey Bongumusa Bhengu 25 August 1940 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | Inkatha Freedom Party |
Geoffrey Bongumusa Bhengu (born 25 August 1940)[1] is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal. He represented the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the national Parliament from May 1994 until August 2002, when moved to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.
Legislative career[edit]
In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Bhengu was elected to represent the IFP in the Senate (later the National Council of Provinces), serving the KwaZulu-Natal constituency.[2] In the next general election in 1999, he was elected to an IFP seat in the National Assembly, again from the KwaZulu-Natal list.[1]
However, midway through the term, the Mail & Guardian reported that Bhengu was likely to be transferred to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, where the IFP hoped to stack its seats with party loyalists in order to minimise the losses of the upcoming floor-crossing window.[3] Bhengu was indeed sworn in to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature on 13 August 2002.[4] He was re-elected to a full term in the provincial legislature in the 2004 general election.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994. International Republican Institute. 1994. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Yumpu.
- ^ "Paranoia 'rife' in Inkatha". The Mail & Guardian. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "IFP in bid to strengthen its KZN team". IOL. 13 August 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "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.