Sakiena Frenchman Explained

Sakiena Frenchman
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:14 June 2024
Party:National Coloured Congress
Residence:Portland, Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, Western Cape

Sakiena Frenchman is a South African politician and community activist who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2024, representing the National Coloured Congress, of which she serves as secretary-general.

Political career

Frenchman served as the secretary of the Gatvol Capetonian Movement.[1] She was appointed secretary-general of the Cape Coloured Congress which was founded in 2020. Frenchman was elected to the Cape Town City Council in the 2021 local government elections.[2] After resolving to contest national elections, the Cape Coloured Congress was renamed to the National Coloured Congress in 2023.[3]

Parliamentary career

The National Coloured Congress won two seats in the National Assembly in the 2024 national and provincial elections and Frenchman was selected to take up one of the seats alongside party leader Fadiel Adams.[4] [5]

On 8 July 2024, Frenchman was named to the Portfolio Committee on Tourism, the Standing Committee on Finance and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development.[6]

Personal life

By 2021, Frenchman was living in Portland, Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats outside Cape Town.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bantom. Kaylynne . Locals say ‘We need solutions’ . 2024-07-09 . News24 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Van Der Fort . Fouzia . 2021-11-10 . Overwhelming support for DA ward councillors . 2024-07-09 . Plainsman . en-ZA.
  3. Web site: 2023-08-10 . Cape Coloured Congress (CCC) goes national, eyes parliament - Radio 786 . 2024-07-09 . en-ZA.
  4. Web site: Van Der Fort . Fouzia . 2024-06-05 . Most of ’Plain vote DA . 2024-07-09 . Plainsman . en-ZA.
  5. News: Maqhina . Mayibongwe . Sithole . Siyabonga . 7 June 2024 . ANC heavyweights fail to make the cut to National Assembly . 9 July 2024 . Cape Times.
  6. Web site: 8 July 2024 . Announcements, tablings and committee reports . 9 July 2024 . Parliament of South Africa.

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