SA’s sixth parliament to comprise of 45% women

At least 45 percent of lawmakers in the soon to be installed sixth parliament of South Africa will be women, the Independent Electoral Commission of SA said on Wednesday.

”The provincial legislature with the lowest gender representation is the Western Cape, where just 35.71 percent of representatives are women. The average age of our members of Parliament is 50 years old – the same as the average age in 2014. The oldest member of Parliament will be the leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party, Dr Mangosothu Buthelezi, at 90 years of age. The youngest member of Parliament will be 23-year-old Mr Sibongiseni Ngcobo of the Democratic Alliance,” said Mashinini.

“The challenges in this country has never been more pronounced. I can only plead with those selected to assume the responsibility as MP and MPLs and members of the executive to never forget what we undertook to do in terms of the preamble of our Constitution. We must never forget that right at the top there is ‘we call upon and undertake to recognise the injustices of the past’,” he said.

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