| 2nd National Assembly | |
| Background Color: | Green |
| Body: | National Assembly of South Africa |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Meeting Place: | Houses of Parliament |
| Election: | 2 June 1999 |
| Term Start: | June 1999 |
| Term End: | April 2004 |
| Before: | 1st |
| After: | 3rd |
| Membership1: | 400 |
| Control1: | African National Congress |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Frene Ginwala (ANC) |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Deputy Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Baleka Mbete (ANC) |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | President |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Thabo Mbeki (ANC) |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | Tony Leon (DP) |
| Chamber1 Leader6 Type: | Cabinet |
| Chamber1 Leader6: | Mbeki I |
This article lists the members of the National Assembly of South Africa during the 23rd South African Parliament, which sat between 1999 and 2004. Members were elected during the elections of 2 June 1999, South Africa's second under universal suffrage. The African National Congress (ANC) augmented its majority, winning a super-majority of 266 seats in the 400-seat legislature, and the Democratic Party (DP) superseded the defunct National Party as the official opposition. The ANC's Thabo Mbeki was elected to his first term as President of South Africa.
On 14 June 1999, the Assembly re-elected Frene Ginwala as Speaker of the National Assembly and re-elected Baleka Mbete as Ginwala's deputy. Though Ginwala was elected unopposed, Mbete beat a challenge from Dene Smuts of the DP, who received 47 votes against Mbete's 326.[1]
The table below shows the number of seats held by each party in the assembly. While the first column provides the number of seats won in the 2 June 1999 election, the second column reflects the state of parties as of 5 April 2003 at the conclusion of the 2003 floor-crossing window.[2] |-style="background:#e9e9e9;"!colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Party !! style="text-align:center"| 1999!2003|-| || 266 || 275|-| || 38 || — |-| || 34 || 31|-| || 28 || 20|-| || 14 || 4|-| || 6 || 7|-| || 3 || 3 |-| || 3 || 3|-| || 3 || 2|-| || 2 || 2|-| || 1 || 1 |-| || 1 || 0|-| || 1 || 1|-| || — || 46|-| || — || 1|-| || — || 1|-| || — || 1|-| || — || 1|-| || — || 1|-|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total || style="text-align:right"| 400 || 400|}During the floor-crossing window, the official opposition, the DP, formally relaunched as the Democratic Alliance; its members and their seats were therefore transferred. The window also saw the creation of five new political parties with one representative apiece in the National Assembly: the Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity (represented by Nelson Ramodike, formerly of the United Democratic Movement), the Independent African Movement (represented by the Inkatha Freedom Party's Teresa Millin), the Independent Democrats (represented by the Pan Africanist Congress's Patricia de Lille), National Action (represented by the Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging's Cassie Aucamp), and the Peace and Justice Congress (represented by the Inkatha Freedom Party's Farouk Cassim).[3]
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths as they were in the National Assembly at the outset of the 23rd Parliament:
The following lists the Members of the National Assembly as elected on 2 June 1999, accounting for members who withdrew from the list in the immediate aftermath of the election[4] and taking into account changes in membership until November 2001.[5] [6]
The table below records mid-term departures from the legislature from the time of the election until November 2001.[7]
| Member | Party | Term End | Replacement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lizzie Abrahams | ANC | 1 May 2000 | Replaced by Sello Dithebe on 1 May 2000. | ||
| Sakhiwo Belot | ANC | 28 June 2001 | Replaced by Sisi Ntombela on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Rosemary Capa | ANC | December 2000 | Replaced by Nomhle Mahlawe on 16 February 2001. | ||
| Sam de Beer | UDM | 15 February 2001 | Replaced by Jakes Maseka on 20 February 2001. | ||
| Pierre de Vos | DP | 12 June 2000 | Replaced by Roy Jankielsohn on 13 June 2000. | ||
| Andrew Feinstein | ANC | 31 August 2001 | Replaced by David Dlali on 4 September 2001. | ||
| Malusi Gigaba | ANC | 19 November 2001 | Replaced by Lanval Reid on 20 November 2001. | ||
| Mabhuza Gininda | ANC | 2 July 2001 | Replaced by Wilson Mudau on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Limpho Hani | ANC | 17 August 1999 | Replaced by Kay Moonsamy on 27 September 1999. | ||
| Mlungisi Hlongwane | ANC | 1 July 1999 | Replaced by Ismail Mohamed on 26 July 1999. | ||
| Priscilla Jana | ANC | 22 March 2001 | Replaced by Boy Nobunga on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Themba Khoza | IFP | 28 May 2000 | Replaced by Bonginkosi Dhlamini on 21 June 2000. | ||
| Serake Leeuw | ANC | 6 December 2000 | Replaced by Nocwaka Lamani on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Louis Luyt | FA | 1 February 2001 | Replaced by Sakkie Blanché on 1 February 2001. | ||
| Janet Love | ANC | 1 August 1999 | Replaced by Hlonitshwa Mpaka on 10 August 1999. | ||
| Cengi Mahlalela | ANC | 6 December 2000 | Replaced by Lassy Chiwayo on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Thabo Makunyane | ANC | 5 December 2000 | Vacant as of November 2001. | ||
| Thabang Makwetla | ANC | 2 July 2001 | Replaced by Curtis Mabena on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Beatrice Marshoff | ANC | 28 June 2001 | Replaced by Bafunani Mnguni on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Thabo Mbeki | ANC | 14 June 1999 | Replaced by Ephraim Mogale on 14 June 1999. | ||
| Fihli Mbongo | ANC | 29 December 2000 | Replaced by Gert Oosthuizen on 16 February 2001. | ||
| Roelf Meyer | UDM | 31 January 2000 | Replaced by Sagadava Naidoo on 1 February 2000. | ||
| Mighty Mgidi | ANC | 2 July 2001 | Replaced by David Mabuza on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Smangaliso Mkhatshwa | ANC | 6 December 2000 | Replaced by James Kati on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Bheki Mkhize | ANC | 30 July 2000 | Replaced by Johnny Mohlala on 1 September 2000. | ||
| Ephraim Mogale | ANC | 2 July 2001 | Replaced by Louisa Mabe on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Seiso Mohai | ANC | 28 June 2001 | Replaced by Butana Komphela on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Koko Mokgalong | ANC | 1 July 1999 | Replaced by Helen Malebana on 20 September 1999. | ||
| Jannie Momberg | ANC | 26 June 2001 | Replaced by Joyce Moloi on 1 August 2001. | ||
| Mtutuzeli Mpehle | ANC | 1 April 2001 | Replaced by Manie Schoeman on 1 April 2001. | ||
| Ndaba Mtirara | UDM | 12 March 2001 | Replaced by Dickson Mkono on 26 March 2001. | ||
| Lawrence Mushwana | ANC | 21 June 1999 | Replaced by Ntshadi Tsheole on 24 June 1999. | ||
| Sipo Mzimela | UDM | 2001 | Replaced by Welsh Makanda on 2 August 2001. | ||
| Sagadava Naidoo | UDM | 2 November 2000 | Replaced by Lesiba Mothiba on 20 February 2001. | ||
| Gabriel Ndabandaba | IFP | 27 June 2001 | Replaced by Usha Roopnarain on 27 June 2001. | ||
| Duma Nkosi | ANC | 1 November 2001 | Replaced by Storey Morutoa on 1 November 2001. | ||
| Isaiah Ntshangase | ANC | February 2001 | Replaced by Albertina Luthuli on 2 April 2001. | ||
| Buyisiwe Nzimande | IFP | 31 March 2001 | Replaced by Olaf Baloyi on 1 April 2001. | ||
| Naledi Pandor | ANC | 21 June 1999 | Replaced by Mandu Ramakaba-Lesiea on 24 June 1999. | ||
| Mathews Phosa | ANC | 11 August 1999 | Replaced by Stefan Grové on 27 September 1999. | ||
| Kisten Rajoo | IFP | 1 August 2000 | Replaced by Maxwell Sibiya on 1 August 2000. | ||
| Gregory Rockman | ANC | 1 May 2000 | Replaced by Henry Fazzie on 3 May 2000. | ||
| Danie Schutte | NNP | 31 January 2000 | Replaced by Adriaan Blaas on 1 February 2000. | ||
| Omie Singh | DP | 1 October 2001 | Replaced by Mark Lowe on 1 October 2001. | ||
| Enver Surty | ANC | 23 June 1999 | Replaced by Percylia Mothoagae on 24 June 1999. | ||
| Melanie Verwoerd | ANC | 1 March 2001 | Replaced by Ismail Cachalia on 3 July 2001. | ||
| Bavumile Vilakazi | ANC | 6 December 2000 | Replaced by Rita Ndzanga on 28 February 2001. | ||
| Mthunzi Vilakazi | ANC | 16 February 2000 | Replaced by Rolson Moropa on 1 May 2000. | ||
| Constand Viljoen | FF | 1 May 2001 | Replaced by Pieter Groenewald on 1 May 2001. | ||
| Abe Williams | NNP | 14 August 2000 | Replaced by Johnny Schippers on 14 August 2000. | ||