Malizole Diko
Malizole Diko | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 23 April 2004 – 28 July 2006 | |
Personal details | |
Died | Cape Town, South Africa | 28 July 2006
Citizenship | South Africa |
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Malizole Diko (died 28 July 2006) was a South African politician who served in the National Assembly from April 2004 until his death in July 2006. He was the Deputy President of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) until the floor-crossing period of September 2005, when he left to establish his own breakaway party, the United Independent Front (UIF).
Political career
Diko rose through the Western Cape structures of the UDM to become the party's national spokesperson, its national secretary-general, and finally its national deputy president under UDM president Bantu Holomisa.[1] In the 2004 general election, he was elected to represent the UDM in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament.[2]
On 5 August 2005, while he was UDM deputy president, he and five other senior UDM members were suspended from the party amid reports that they intended to defect from the party in
Immediately after the second ruling, which restored his membership in the National Assembly the day before the floor-crossing window closed, Diko confirmed his intention to cross the floor and leave the UDM to join another party or form a new one.[4] On 15 September, he established and formally joined the UIF; Nomakhaya Mdaka, another UDM member, joined him as the UIF's second representative in the National Assembly.[2]
Death
Diko died in
See also
References
- ^ a b "UIF leader Malizole Diko dies". The Mail & Guardian. 28 July 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "National Assembly Members". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ a b "UDM expels six top members". News24. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Court overturns UDM expulsions". News24. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 9 April 2023.