Canaan Mdletshe

Canaan Mdletshe
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
24 April 2024 – 28 May 2024
Preceded byMunzoor Shaik Emam
Personal details
Political partyuMkhonto weSizwe

Canaan Mdletshe is a South African politician who was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from April until May 2024, representing the National Freedom Party (NFP), of which he served as secretary-general.[1][2]

Mdletshe was not included on any NFP candidate lists for the 2024 general election and left parliament as a result.[3]

In June 2024, after the NFP joined the Government of Provincial Unity in the aftermath of the 2024 KwaZulu-Natal provincial election, Mdletshe resigned from the party.[4]

In August 2024, Mdletshe joined MK.[5]

  1. ^ "National Assembly Members (As on 2 May 2024)" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ "NFP secretary general declares conference in Durban as 'clandestine'". The Witness. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  3. ^ "Final National Candidates" (PDF). IEC. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ Makwea, Reitumetse (2024-06-14). ""I'm not a sell-out": NFP's Canaan Mdletshe announces resignation". Briefly. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  5. ^ Maliti, Soyiso. "Former NFP secretary-general Canaan Mdletshe joins MK Party to serve alongside 'father' figure Zuma". News24. Retrieved 2024-08-05.