Lucy Mapena
Lucy Mapena | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sizwe Mbalo |
| Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Profession | Politician |
Lucy Nombulelo Mapena is a South African politician who has been serving as the deputy speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature since May 2019. A member of the African National Congress, she was elected to the provincial legislature in May 2014.
Political career
[edit]Mapena is a member of the African National Congress. Prior to the provincial election held on 7 May 2014, Mapena was ranked fourteenth on the party's provincial list.[1] She was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature as the ANC won 22 seats.[2] Mapena was sworn in as an MPL on 21 May 2014.[1]
Before the provincial election of 8 May 2019, Mapena was placed fifteenth on the ANC's provincial list.[1] She won re-election as the ANC won 19 seats.[3] She was sworn in for her second term on 22 May 2019.[1] On the same day, Mapena was elected deputy speaker of the legislature, deputising for Zanele Sifuba.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Lucy Nombulelo Mapena". People's Assembly. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "2014 elections: Members of Free State legislature". Politicsweb. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections". Politicsweb. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Morapela, Katleho (22 May 2019). "Ntombela, Sifuba, and Tshabalala emerge victorious in FS Legislature". OFM. Retrieved 13 October 2020.