George Madikiza Explained

Party:	African National Congress (since 2011)
Office1:	Member of the National Assembly
Citizenship:	South Africa
Birth Date:	16 August 1953
Term1:	until May 2009
Otherparty:	United Democratic Movement (until 2011)
Birth Name:	George Tembela Madikiza

George Tembela Madikiza (born 16 August 1953)^[1] is a South African politician who represented the United Democratic Movement (UDM) in the National Assembly. He joined during the second democratic Parliament and served as the UDM's spokesman on foreign affairs and then as the party's chief whip.^[2] He was elected to his first full term in the assembly in the 2004 general election.

Madikiza was deputy provincial chairperson of the UDM in the Eastern Cape in 2011, when it was announced that he had left the party to defect to the governing African National Congress.^[3]

Notes and References

1. 20 April 2004 . 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 . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 466 . 2677 . 4–95 . 26 March 2021.
2. Web site: 2004-02-18 . Politicians react to Manuel’s Budget . 2023-06-12 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
3. News: 13 July 2011 . UDM leaders defect to ANC . IOL . 12 June 2023.