Colleen Makhubele to make debut as MK Party MP
In the ongoing shuffling of members within the party’s parliamentary caucus, Makhubele is one of two new announcements made by the party.
Colleen Makhubele. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News
CAPE TOWN - Former Johannesburg council speaker Colleen Makhubele is set to make her parliamentary debut this year on the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party's ticket.
In the ongoing shuffling of members within the party’s parliamentary caucus, Makhubele is one of two new announcements made by the party.
Makhubele was axed from serving the Congress of the People (COPE) in the Johannesburg metro council in 2023 when she voted to oust the Democratic Alliance (DA)'s speaker, Vasco da Gama.
Over the past four years, Makhubele has had a colourful political career.
Once a protege of COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota, Makhubele fell out of favour with the party when she started an alliance movement, the South African Rainbow Alliance (SARA) without the party’s consent.
She joined the MK Party in August saying she was not doing so for a position.
The party said her proven track record in politics and as a board member of several companies, aligns with the party’s vision of people-centred development and transformative change.
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Another new member of Parliament (MP) will be from the Bapedi royalty, crown prince Adil Nchabeleng.
An energy expert, he's already been playing a role in the party’s national high command and its economic transformation committee.
MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndlela said more replacements can be expected within the party in June when it will be permissible to make changes.
According to the official parliamentary listing, the party only has 46 of its allotted 58 National Assembly seats currently filled.
In 2024, the party was dragged to court after summarily dismissing 18 MPs barely two months after being sworn in and later replacing them with former parastatal CEOs who were not on the party’s original election list.