Peter Marais is returning to the Western Cape legislature. The former premier and now VFPlus official will be among the 42 MPs to be sworn in on May 22 SAElectionResults2019 Election2019Results Elections2019 MzansiVotes WeekendArgus tshegofatsang
Alan Winde.Peter MaraisBrett HerronAndile LiliPat LekkerMelikhaya XegoFaiez JacobsCape Town - Peter Marais is headed back to the Western Cape legislature. The former premier and now Freedom Front Plus official will be among the 42 MPLs to be sworn in during provincial parliament’s first sitting on May 22. The DA’s Alan Winde is expected to be formally elected as premier in a room filled with new and not so new faces.
The DA’s 1.1 million votes earn it 24 seats, while the ANC will have 12 and the EFF gets two, an increase from the last term.The ANC’s list features many new faces, including youth league provincial leader Mohammed Khalid Sayed, former Ses’khona founder Andile Lili, and Boland region chairperson Pat Marran. It also has familiar faces like Pat Lekker and Cameron Dugmore.
With seven parties represented in the legislature, up from the previous term’s four, it will make for interesting debates in the house, with each party vowing to champion their party’s manifestos.
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