Mziwamadoda Kalako

Mziwamadoda Uppington Kalako is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2019. He was elected in the 1999 general election[1] and re-elected in 2004.[2] After a hiatus from the legislature, he returned in the 2014 general election, ranked second on the ANC's provincial party list for the Western Cape.[3] He also served as the ANC's whip in the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies from 2014 to 2015.[3][4]

Mziwamadoda Kalako
Member of the National Assembly
In office
21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019
ConstituencyWestern Cape
In office
June 1999 – June 2009
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

During apartheid, Kalako was imprisoned on Robben Island for eight years between 1978 and 1986.[5]

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. "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. "Mziwamadoda Uppington Kalako". People's Assembly. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. "New Appointments For The Fifth Parliament". ANC Parliamentary Caucus. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. "Mziwamadoda Uppington Kalako". South African History Online. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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