Lucy Mapena Explained

Lucy Mapena
Honorific-Suffix:MPL
Office:Deputy Speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature
Term Start:22 May 2019
Predecessor:Sizwe Mbalo
Office1:Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature
Term Start1:21 May 2014
Nationality:South African
Profession:Politician

Lucy Nombulelo Mapena is a South African politician who has been serving as the deputy speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature since May 2019. A member of the African National Congress, she was elected to the provincial legislature in May 2014.

Political career

Mapena is a member of the African National Congress. Prior to the provincial election held on 7 May 2014, Mapena was ranked fourteenth on the party's provincial list.[1] She was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature as the ANC won 22 seats.[2] Mapena was sworn in as an MPL on 21 May 2014.

Before the provincial election of 8 May 2019, Mapena was placed fifteenth on the ANC's provincial list. She won re-election as the ANC won 19 seats.[3] She was sworn in for her second term on 22 May 2019. On the same day, Mapena was elected deputy speaker of the legislature, deputising for Zanele Sifuba.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lucy Nombulelo Mapena . People's Assembly . 13 October 2020.
  2. Web site: 2014 elections: Members of Free State legislature . Politicsweb . 13 October 2020 . 18 May 2014.
  3. Web site: ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections . Politicsweb . 13 October 2020 . 17 March 2019.
  4. News: Morapela . Katleho . Ntombela, Sifuba, and Tshabalala emerge victorious in FS Legislature . 13 October 2020 . OFM . 22 May 2019.