Sphetho Asiya

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Sphetho Asiya
Member of the National Assembly
In office
23 April 2004 – June 2009
ConstituencyNorthern Cape
Personal details
DiedOctober 2010 (2010-11)
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Sphetho Enoch Asiya (died October 2010) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2009 and in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2004.

Asiya was involved in anti-apartheid activism before 1994. After the 1994 general election, South Africa's first under universal suffrage, he spent two terms in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature.[1] In the 2004 general election, he was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly, representing the Northern Cape constituency.[2] He died in October 2010.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Message of condolence from the Premier of the Northern Cape, Ms Hazel Jenkins". South African Government. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ "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" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.