Yoliswa Yako | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 3 September 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako 22 March 1983 |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Economic Freedom Fighters |
Occupation | Member of Parliament |
Profession | Politician |
Committees | Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry (Member) Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (Alternate Member) |
Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako (born 22 March 1983) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who serves as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. She took office as an MP on 3 September 2018. Yako was previously a PR councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality and the chairperson of the municipality's Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). Yako is a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters.
Yako was born on 22 March 1983. She joined the Economic Freedom Fighters in 2014 and was elected as a councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in August 2016. [1] In 2018, she was elected chairperson of the municipality's Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). [2]
On 3 September 2018, Yako was sworn in as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the EFF, succeeding Vuyokazi Ketabahle. [3] Nosipho Ncana replaced her as a Nelson Mandela Bay councillor. Yako was assigned to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources. [4] She delivered her maiden speech on the #FeesMustFall activists, who were either imprisoned or expelled from university. [5]
Yako was elected to a full term as an MP in May 2019. [6] On 27 June 2019, she received her new committee assignments. [4]