| 1st National Assembly | |
| Background Color: | Green |
| Body: | National Assembly of South Africa |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Meeting Place: | Houses of Parliament |
| Election: | 27 April 1994 |
| Term Start: | 9 May 1994 |
| Term End: | June 1999 |
| After: | 2nd |
| Membership1: | 400 |
| Control1: | African National Congress |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Frene Ginwala (ANC) |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | President |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Nelson Mandela (ANC) |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | F. W. de Klerk (NP) Marthinus van Schalkwyk (NP) |
| Chamber1 Leader6 Type: | Cabinet |
| Chamber1 Leader6: | Government of National Unity |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Deputy Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Bhadra Ranchod (NP) Baleka Mbete (ANC) |
This article lists the members of the National Assembly of South Africa during the 22nd South African Parliament, which sat between 1994 and 1999. Members were elected during the elections of 27 April 1994, South Africa's first under universal suffrage, and served until the elections of 2 June 1999. The African National Congress (ANC) won a comfortable majority of 252 seats in the 400-seat legislature. The former governing party, the National Party (NP), became the official opposition.[1]
Nelson Mandela was elected unanimously as President of South Africa during the assembly's first sitting on 9 May 1994, which also saw members sworn in to their seats and Frene Ginwala elected as the inaugural Speaker of the National Assembly.[2] As required by the interim Constitution, the ANC formed a Government of National Unity under President Mandela.
On 24 May 1994, the first session of the Constitutional Assembly was held, comprising the joint membership of the National Assembly and the Senate.[3] The Constitutional Assembly, chaired by Cyril Ramaphosa of the National Assembly, adopted South Africa's post-apartheid Constitution on 8 May 1996.[4]
The table below shows the number of seats won by each party in the elections of 27 April 1994.
| Party | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 252 | ||
| National Party | 82 | ||
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 43 | ||
| Freedom Front | 9 | ||
| Democratic Party | 7 | ||
| Pan Africanist Congress | 5 | ||
| African Christian Democratic Party | 2 | ||
The following lists the Members of the National Assembly as of 3 June 1998.[5]
The following lists former Members of the National Assembly who were elected in the April 1994 election,[26] but who left their seats before 3 June 1998.
| Member | Party | Term start | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feroza Adam | ANC | May 1994 | Died in 1994.[27] | ||
| Omar Ahmed | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Pik Botha | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Thozamile Botha | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Wynand Breytenbach | NP | May 1994 | Resigned in 1994.[28] | ||
| Ismail Cachalia | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Max Coleman | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1995. | ||
| Johnny Copelyn | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997.[29] | ||
| F. W. De Klerk | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Dawie de Villers | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Collins Chabane | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Zingile Dingani | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Chris Dlamini | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Tshenuwani Farisani | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Walter Felgate | IFP | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997.[30] | ||
| Jennifer Ferguson | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997.[31] | ||
| Chris Fismer | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Greg Fredericks | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Faith Gasa | IFP | May 1994 | Resigned in 1995.[32] | ||
| Marcel Golding | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997. | ||
| Pravin Gordhan | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1998.[33] | ||
| Melt Hamman | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Francois Jacobsz | NP | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996.[34] | ||
| Josiah Jele | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Ziba Jiyane | IFP | May 1994 | |||
| Lindiwe Mabuza | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1995.[35] | ||
| Saki Macozoma | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996.[36] | ||
| Dennis Rheinallt Madide | IFP | May 1994 | |||
| James Mahlangu | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1995.[37] | ||
| Nozuko Majola | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996. | ||
| Dan Makhanya | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Clarence Makwetu | PAC | May 1994 | |||
| Sekhopi Malebo | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Piet Marais | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Nana Masango | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Themba Maseko | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1995.[38] | ||
| Joyce Mashamba | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997.[39] | ||
| Moses Mayekiso | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996. | ||
| Roelf Meyer | NP | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997.[40] | ||
| Tobie Meyer | NP | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996. | ||
| Webster Mfebe | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Maite Mohale | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Ruth Mompati | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996.[41] | ||
| Elias Mosunkutu | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1995. | ||
| Mendi Msimang | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1995. | ||
| Thenjiwe Mtintso | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Gert Myburgh | NP | May 1994 | Died in 1996.[42] | ||
| Ben Ngubane | IFP | May 1994 | |||
| Carl Niehaus | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| John Nkadimeng | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Thomas Nkobi | ANC | May 1994 | Died in 1994.[43] | ||
| Themba Jeremiah Nkosi | IFP | May 1994 | |||
| Jeff Peires | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Dipuo Peters | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997. | ||
| Ian Phillips | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996.[44] | ||
| Mzwai Piliso | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Cyril Ramaphosa | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996.[45] | ||
| Collins Ramusi | ANC | May 1994 | Died in 1996.[46] | ||
| Bhadra Ranchod | NP | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996.[47] | ||
| Pieter Saaiman | NP | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996.[48] | ||
| Ram Salojee | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996.[49] | ||
| Jenny Schreiner | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997.[50] | ||
| Danie Schutte | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Jackie Selebi | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Jan Serfontein | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997. | ||
| Edna Sethema | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Ka Shabangu | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Richard Sizani | PAC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1997.[51] | ||
| Arnold Stofile | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Raymond Suttner | ANC | May 1994 | |||
| Jan van Eck | ANC | May 1994 | Resigned in 1994.[52] | ||
| James Waugh | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Piet Welgemoed | NP | May 1994 | |||
| Leon Wessels | NP | May 1994 | Resigned in 1996. | ||
| Mangisi Zitha | ANC | May 1994 | |||