Desery Fienies Explained

Desery Fienies
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Term Start:15 June 2024
Office1:Northern Cape MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture
Premier1:Zamani Saul
Term Start1:28 June 2020
Term End1:28 May 2024
Predecessor1:Berenice Sinexve
Successor1:Office abolished
Office2:Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature
Term Start2:12 June 2020
Term End2:28 May 2024
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress
Profession:Politician

Desery Wellin Fienies is a South African politician who has served as a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the Northern Cape since 2024. A member of the African National Congress, Fienies served as a member of the Northern Cape Executive Council and as a member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature from 2020 until 2024.

Political career

On 12 June 2020, Finies was sworn in as a Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature.[1]

Premier Zamani Saul, in a cabinet reshuffle on 26 June, appointed her to lead the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.[2] [3] Democratic Alliance provincial leader Andrew Louw said in a statement that she "lacked experience" as a newcomer while African National Congress provincial secretary Deshi Ngxanya welcomed her appointment.[4] [5] Fienies was formally sworn in on 28 June.

After the 2024 general election, Fienies was sworn in as a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces representing the Northern Cape.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: New Members of the Provincial Legislature sworn in . 28 June 2020 . www.dfa.co.za . 12 June 2020 . 27 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200727184526/https://www.dfa.co.za/news/new-members-of-the-provincial-legislature-sworn-in-49309243 . dead .
  2. News: Kwon Hoo . Sandi . Premier Saul reshuffles his cabinet . 28 June 2020 . www.dfa.co.za . 26 June 2020 . 28 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200628123640/https://www.dfa.co.za/news/premier-saul-reshuffles-his-cabinet-49986166 . dead .
  3. News: Morapela . Katleho . NC Premier reshuffles cabinet . 28 June 2020 . OFM . 26 June 2020.
  4. News: Kwon Hoo . Sandi . New N Cape cabinet members lack experience, says DA . 28 June 2020 . www.dfa.co.za . 27 June 2020 . 29 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200629153730/https://www.dfa.co.za/news/new-n-cape-cabinet-members-lack-experience-da-50013710 . dead .
  5. News: Morapela . Katleho . ANC welcomes Saul’s cabinet reshuffle . 28 June 2020 . OFM . 27 June 2020.
  6. Web site: 14 June 2024 . Minutes of proceedings . 24 June 2024 . Parliament of South Africa.