Isaac Mafanya Explained

Isaac Mafanya
Honorific-Suffix:	MP
Office:	Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start:	22 May 2019^[1]
Nationality:	South African
Party:	Economic Freedom Fighters
Profession:	Politician

Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Economic Freedom Fighters party.^[2]

Political career

Mafanya stood as an EFF parliamentary candidate in the 2019 national elections, and was subsequently elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019.^{[3] [4] [5]}

He became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Police on 27 June 2019. Mafanya served on the committee until 6 May 2020, when he moved to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans.

In 2024, he and nine other EFF MPs plead not guilty to charges of disrupting President Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on parliament's budget vote. This came following an investigation launched by the National Assembly's Powers and Privileges Committee that began after the MPs disrupted Ramaphosa's speech on June 9 and June 10, 2022.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: WATCH: Newly-elected MPs sworn in . 2 December 2020 . eNCA . 22 May 2019.
2. Web site: Mr Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya . Parliament of South Africa . 2 December 2020.
3. Web site: EFF's 2019 Electoral List . Polity . 2 December 2020 . 14 March 2019.
4. News: At least 17 new EFF members in National Assembly . 2 December 2020 . SABC News . 10 May 2019.
5. Web site: Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya . People's Assembly . 2 December 2020.
6. Web site: 2024-01-16 . EFF MPs plead not guilty to 'concocted charges' as Parliament wants to charge them for chaotic disruptions . 2024-07-01 . Polity . en.