Cleopas Maunye | |
Office1: | Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature |
Term Start1: | 21 May 2014 |
Term End1: | 31 March 2017 |
Birthname: | Cleopas Maunye |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | African National Congress |
Otherparty: | Bushbuckridge Residents Association |
Profession: | Politician |
Cleopas Maunye is a South African politician. He served as a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature for the Bushbuckridge Residents Association from May 2014 until March 2017, when he was recalled from the legislature. Maunye has since rejoined the African National Congress.
Maunye joined the Bushbuckridge Residents Association, now known as the Better Residents Association, after he left the African National Congress. For the 7 May 2014 general election, he was placed first on the party's candidate list to the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature. The party won one seat, and he filled that seat on 21 May 2014.[1]
In February 2017, he was suspended from the party, pending a disciplinary hearing.[2] Party leaders accused him of "selling out to the ANC." He was then recalled from the provincial legislature effective 31 March 2017 and rejoined the ANC on 2 April.[3] Cecil Shilwake succeeded him as the BRA's sole representative in the legislature.[4]