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Helen Matlanyane

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Helen Matlanyane
Member of the National Assembly
In office
6 May 2009 – 6 May 2014
In office
20 September 1999 – April 2004
ConstituencyLimpopo
Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Assembly Member
for Limpopo
In office
April 2004 – May 2009
Personal details
Born (1956-02-03) 3 February 1956 (age 68)
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Helen Flora Matlanyane (born 3 February 1956),[1] formerly known as Helen Malebana, is a South African politician from Limpopo. She served two non-consecutive terms in the National Assembly, from 1999 to 2004 and from 2009 to 2014, and in the interim she served in the National Council of Provinces from 2004 to 2009. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC).

Legislative career: 1999–2014

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In the 1999 general election, Matlanyane was included on the ANC's party list of candidates for the National Assembly, but she was placed in an unelectable rank.[2] However, shortly after the election, Koko Mokgalong resigned from her seat; Matlanyane was sworn in to replace her on 20 September 1999.[3] Matlanyane left the National Assembly at the 2004 general election, after which she was elected to represent the ANC as whip[4] for the Limpopo caucus of the National Council of Provinces.[5]

Following her term in the National Council of Provinces, Matlanyane returned to the National Assembly in the 2009 general election. She was appointed as the ANC's whip in the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform.[6] She left Parliament after the 2014 general election.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "General Notice: Notice 1259 of 2003 – Publication of Names of Members of the National Assembly" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 454, no. 24743. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 10 April 2003. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ "General Notice: Electoral Commission Notice 1113 of 1999 – Final List of Candidates" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 26 May 1999. p. 242. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. ^ "The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Limpopo protesters arrested". IOL. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  5. ^ "List of Members of the National Council of Provinces". Parliament of South Africa. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  6. ^ "ANC parliamentary caucus names whips". Politicsweb. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Helen Flora Matlanyane". People's Assembly. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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