Zilindile Vena Explained

Zilindile Vena
Honorific-Suffix:MPL
Office1:Provincial Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters
Deputy1:Mlamli Makhetha
Nokuthula Mlokoti
Term Start1:6 November 2022
Predecessor1:Yazini Tetyana
Office2:Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Term Start2:28 February 2023
Party:Economic Freedom Fighters
Profession:Politician

Zilindile Vena is a South African politician who has been a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2023. He is the provincial chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters.

Political career

Vena was elected as a councillor for the Economic Freedom Fighters in Nelson Mandela Bay in 2016. In October 2018, Vena unsuccessfully stood for provincial chairperson of the EFF at the party's provincial conference.[1] He was elected to the EFF's Central Command Team at the party's National Peoples Assembly in December 2019.[2]

Vena resigned as a councillor of Nelson Mandela Bay and was suspended from party activities in February 2020 after he was accused of raping a Nelson Mandela University student.[3] Vena pleaded not guilty in February 2021, and he was acquitted of the charge in July 2022.[4] [5]

Vena was elected provincial chairperson of the EFF in November 2022, defeating incumbent Yazini Tetyana by 33 votes.[6] He was sworn in as a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature on 28 February 2023, succeeding Tetyana who resigned in January.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EFF targets pupils voting for first time . 2023-03-09 . DispatchLIVE . en-ZA.
  2. Web site: Cele . S’thembile . EFF elects 40-member central command team . 2023-03-09 . City Press . en-US.
  3. Web site: EFF councillor accused of raping NMU student resigns . 2023-03-09 . HeraldLIVE . en-ZA.
  4. Web site: Former EFF councillor pleads not guilty to rape . 2023-03-09 . SowetanLIVE . en-ZA.
  5. Web site: subscription . Fresh start for Zilindile Vena after rape acquittal . 2023-03-09 . HeraldLIVE . en-ZA.
  6. Web site: 'It's a failure to all of you': Malema slams EFF branches for not electing women in top five leadership . 2023-03-09 . TimesLIVE . en-ZA.
  7. Web site: Bhisho legislature welcomes three new MPLs . 2023-03-09 . DispatchLIVE . en-ZA.

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