Mandlenkosi Mabika
Mandlenkosi Sicelo Mabika is a South African politician who was elected to the National Assembly in 2014 as a member of the National Freedom Party. Mabika joined the Democratic Alliance in March 2019 and was re-elected to the National Assembly at that year's election in May. Education Mabika holds a teachers' diploma from the Rand Afrikaans University, a personal management certificate, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Durban-Westville, and a Bachelor of Education Honours from Stellenbosch University. Political career Mabika joined the National Freedom Party shortly after its founding in January 2011 and was appointed a district secretary for the party. In December of that same year, he was voted in as the party's deputy national chairperson. At the 2014 general election, Mabika won a seat in the National Assembly. He was named to the National Assembly's committees on environmental affairs, economic development, sport and recreation, and transport. In 2015, he was expelled from the NFP over claims of bringing the party into disrepute. He was reinstated later on. In August 2016, Mabika and fellow NFP MP Maliyakhe Shelembe were suspended from the party for refusing to co-operate with investigators investigating the party's failure to participate in