Lencel Komane

{{Short description|South African politician (b. 1972)}}

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Lencel Mashidika Komane (born 10 July 1972) is a South African politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since June 2024, representing the Economic Freedom Fighters.

Parliamentary career

A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, Komane was ranked seventh on the party's regional to national list for the 2024 general election.{{Cite web |title=National Regional Candidates List |url=https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Documents/Candidates-List-NPE2024/Regional%20Candidates%20List.pdf |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=Electoral Commission of South Africa}} Although he was not initially elected to Parliament, he was later chosen to fill Anthony Matumba's seat when Matumba declined to take up the position.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2025 |title=National Assembly Members (As on 13 January 2025) |url=https://static.pmg.org.za/250113_NA_MEMBERS_ALPHABETIC.pdf |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=Parliamentary Monitoring Group}}

In July 2024, Komane was appointed as an alternate member of both the Portfolio Committee on Energy and Electricity and the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education.{{Cite web |title=The committee deployments of our MPs – EFF - POLITICS {{!}} Politicsweb |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/committee-deployments-of-mps--eff |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |language=en}} On 27 November 2024, he relinquished his membership of the Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy; he now only serves as an alternate member of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education.{{Cite web |title=Lencel Mashidika Komane |url=https://www.pa.org.za/person/lencel-mashidika-komane/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}}

Komane was elected to serve as an additional member of the EFF's Central Command Team at the party's elective conference in December 2024.{{Cite web |title=The committee deployments of our MPs – EFF - POLITICS {{!}} Politicsweb |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/committee-deployments-of-mps--eff |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |language=en}}

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