List of members of the 2nd Free State Provincial Legislature

2nd Free State Provincial Legislature
2nd Free State Provincial Legislature
	Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
Overview
Legislative body	Free State Provincial Legislature
Jurisdiction	Free State, South Africa
Meeting place	Fourth Raadsaal
Term	June 1999 – April 2004
Election	2 June 1999
Members	30
Premier	Winkie Direko

This is a list of members of the second Free State Provincial Legislature as elected in the election of 2 June 1999. In that election, the African National Congress (ANC) consolidated its majority in the legislature, winning 25 of 30 seats.^[1] The Democratic Party (DP), with two seats, was represented in the legislature for the first time. Also with two seats, the New National Party (NNP) had halved its minority, as had the Freedom Front (FF), which retained only one seat.^[1]

The ANC's Winkie Direko was elected as the third Premier of the Free State. She was a newcomer to the provincial legislature, as were 18 of the other 24 members of the ANC's caucus.^[2] The caucus was reshuffled in June 2001, with some ANC members swopping seats with national legislators.^[3]

Composition[edit]


Party		Seats
	African National Congress	25
	Democratic Party	2
	New National Party	2
	VF	1
Total		30

Members[edit]

The table below lists the Members of the Free State Provincial Legislature as elected on 2 June 1999.^[1] It does not take into account changes in the composition of the legislature after the election.

Member		Party
	Anna Buthelezi	ANC
	Zingile Dingani	ANC
	Winkie Direko	ANC
	Zanele Dlungwana	ANC
	Mxolisi Dukwana	ANC
	Papi Kganare	ANC
	Nthabiseng Pauline Khunou	ANC
	Butana Komphela	ANC
	Benny Kotsoane	ANC
	Queen Letsoha	ANC
	Joel Mafereka	ANC
	Tate Makgoe	ANC
	Sekhopi Malebo	ANC
	Webster Mfebe	ANC
	Bafunani Aaron Mnguni	ANC
	Casca Mokitlane	ANC
	Ngaka Leonard Monareng	ANC
	Hans Nketu	ANC
	Edwin Noe	ANC
	Sisi Ntombela	ANC
	Mann Oelrich	ANC
	Tutu Ralane	ANC
	Itumeleng Segalo	ANC
	Lech Tsenoli	ANC
	Mantsheng Tsopo	ANC
	Pieter Benjamin Geldenhuys	DP
	Darryl Arthur Worth	DP
	Jacobus Marthinus Aucamp	NNP
	Philippus Johannes Cornelis Nel	NNP
	Abrie Oosthuizen	FF

Reference list[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ Hawker, Geoffrey (2000). "Political Leadership in the ANC: The South African Provinces 1994–1999". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 38 (4): 631–658. ISSN 0022-278X.
^ "Direko axes three MECs". News24. 29 June 2001. Retrieved 2023-04-27.

[:02-1] "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[2] Hawker, Geoffrey (2000). "Political Leadership in the ANC: The South African Provinces 1994–1999". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 38 (4): 631–658. ISSN 0022-278X.

[3] "Direko axes three MECs". News24. 29 June 2001. Retrieved 2023-04-27.

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