Macfarlane Phenethi Explained

Party:United Democratic Movement
Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Citizenship:South Africa
Otherparty:National Party
Term1:until November 1998

Malefane Macfarlane Pheneti is a South African politician and Christian minister. He represented the National Party (NP) in the National Assembly during the first democratic Parliament, until he resigned to join the United Democratic Movement (UDM).

Life and career

Ahead of the 1994 general election, South Africa's first post-apartheid elections, a personal endorsement from Pheneti featured in the NP's campaign posters: he was quoted as saying, "The NP apologized. As a Christian I accept that. The NP is now the party for me".[1] He was not initially elected to a seat in the election,[2] but he joined the caucus during the legislative term to fill a casual vacancy.[3] In early November 1988, he resigned to join the UDM.[4]

He was formerly married to Freda Phenethi, who was a nurse and later became an artist and designer.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chidester, David . Wild Religion: Tracking the Sacred in South Africa . 2012 . Univ of California Press . 978-0-520-27308-5 . 79 . en.
  2. Book: South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994 . . 1994 . 13 April 2023 . Yumpu.
  3. Web site: 1998-06-03 . Members of the National Assembly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19980628034746/http://www.parliament.gov.za/mps/mps.html . 1998-06-28 . 2023-04-12 . Parliament of South Africa.
  4. News: 11 November 1998 . Mnisi's Defection Latest Blow In War Between NP And DP . Business Day . 28 April 2023 . allAfrica.
  5. Web site: 25 September 2012 . An extra-ordinary granny . 2023-04-28 . Sowetan . en-ZA.