Richard Ntuli

Richard Ntuli
Member of the National Assembly
In office
June 1999 – May 2009
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political party

Richard Sibusiso Ntuli was a South African politician who represented Gauteng in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009. He was first elected as a member of the Democratic Party (DP), later the Democratic Alliance (DA), but he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC) in 2005. He passed away on Thursday the 16th of May 2024.

Legislative career

Ntuli was elected to the National Assembly in the 1999 general election, representing the DP in the Gauteng constituency.[1] The DP was merged into the DA in 2000, and in 2001 he was co-opted onto the DA's national management committee.[2] He was re-elected to his legislative seat in the 2004 general election, now representing the DA in Gauteng. During the 2005 floor-crossing window, he was one of four DA members who defected to join the ANC.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ "DA woos the black vote". The Mail & Guardian. 7 December 2001. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  3. ^ "National Assembly Members". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  4. ^ "DA 'surprised' as five MPs jump ship". The Mail & Guardian. 15 September 2005. Retrieved 9 April 2023.