Sipho Mfundisi Explained

Party:United Christian Democratic Party
Citizenship:South Africa
Birth Date:2 October 1948
Birth Name:Isaac Sipho Mfundisi
Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Termstart2:June 1999
Termend2:May 2009
Termstart1:25 January 2012
Termend1:6 May 2014

Isaac Sipho Mfundisi (born 2 October 1948) is a South African politician who represented the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2014. He is also a former president of the UCDP.

Political career

Born on 2 October 1948, Mfundisi joined Parliament after the 1999 general election, in which he was narrowly elected to a UCDP seat in the National Assembly.[1] He served two consecutive terms, gaining re-election in 2004,[2] and during that time served as spokesman for the UCDP.[3] [4]

Mfundisi was not re-elected to his seat in the 2009 general election, but he remained in office as chairperson of the UCDP.[5] During the legislative term that followed, he was promoted to UCDP deputy president and then, after incumbent party president Mavis Matladi died in November 2011,[6] to UCDP president.[7] During his presidency, the party was involved in a legal battle with its founder, Lucas Mangope, who demanded to be reinstated to the leadership.[8]

Mfundisi also returned to the National Assembly; he was sworn in on 25 January 2012 to fill the seat formerly held by Matladi.[9] In the next general election in 2014, he ran for re-election, ranked first on the UCDP's party list, but the party failed to win any seats in the chamber.[10]

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. 20 April 2004 . General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 466 . 2677 . 4–95 . 26 March 2021.
  3. Web site: 1999-05-18 . Mangope cleared of fraud . 2023-05-18 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  4. Web site: 5 September 2007 . Defections galore rock parties . 2023-05-18 . Sowetan . en-ZA.
  5. Web site: 2009-04-24 . Opposition parties count their losses . 2023-05-18 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  6. Web site: 2 December 2011 . UCDP president passes away . 2023-05-18 . News24 . en-US.
  7. Web site: 18 May 2012 . Court rules against Mangope's removal . 2023-05-18 . Sowetan . en-ZA.
  8. Web site: 22 May 2012 . Mangope wants job back . 2023-05-18 . Sowetan . en-ZA.
  9. Web site: Members of the National Assembly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140209085913/http://www.pmg.org.za/node/30336 . 9 February 2014 . 2 March 2023 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
  10. Web site: Isaac Sipho Mfundisi . 2023-05-18 . People's Assembly . en.

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