Richard Ntuli Explained

Party:	African National Congress (since 2005) Democratic Alliance (2000–05) Democratic Party (until 2000)
Office1:	Member of the National Assembly
Termstart1:	June 1999
Termend1:	May 2009
Citizenship:	South Africa

Richard Sibusiso Ntuli was a South African politician who represented Gauteng in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009. He was first elected as a member of the Democratic Party (DP), later the Democratic Alliance (DA), but he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC) in 2005. He passed away on Thursday the 16th of May 2024.

Legislative career

Ntuli was elected to the National Assembly in the 1999 general election, representing the DP in the Gauteng constituency.^[1] The DP was merged into the DA in 2000, and in 2001 he was co-opted onto the DA's national management committee.^[2] He was re-elected to his legislative seat in the 2004 general election, now representing the DA in Gauteng. During the 2005 floor-crossing window, he was one of four DA members who defected to join the ANC.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. 11 June 1999 . General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 408 . 20203 . 26 March 2021.
2. Web site: 2001-12-07 . DA woos the black vote . 2023-04-09 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
3. Web site: 2009-01-15 . National Assembly Members . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514071402/http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 . 14 May 2009 . 2023-04-08 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
4. Web site: 2005-09-15 . DA ‘surprised’ as five MPs jump ship . 2023-04-09 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.