Canaan Mdletshe Explained

Canaan Mdletshe
Office1:	Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:	24 April 2024
Term End1:	28 May 2024
Predecessor1:	Munzoor Shaik Emam
Party:	uMkhonto weSizwe

Canaan Mdletshe is a South African politician who was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from April until May 2024, representing the National Freedom Party (NFP), of which he served as secretary-general.^{[1] [2]}

Mdletshe was not included on any NFP candidate lists for the 2024 general election and left parliament as a result.^[3]

In June 2024, after the NFP joined the Government of Provincial Unity in the aftermath of the 2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election, Mdletshe resigned from the party.^[4]

In August 2024, Mdletshe joined MK.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2 May 2024 . National Assembly Members (As on 2 May 2024) . 23 May 2024 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
2. Web site: 2023-12-19 . NFP secretary general declares conference in Durban as ‘clandestine’ . 2024-05-23 . The Witness . en-US.
3. Web site: Final National Candidates . 10 June 2024 . IEC.
4. Web site: Makwea . Reitumetse . 2024-06-14 . "I'm not a sell-out": NFP's Canaan Mdletshe announces resignation . 2024-08-05 . Briefly . en.
5. Web site: Maliti . Soyiso . Former NFP secretary-general Canaan Mdletshe joins MK Party to serve alongside 'father' figure Zuma . 2024-08-05 . News24 . en-US.