Loyiso Magqashela

{{Short description|South African politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature

| party = African National Congress

| termstart = 22 May 2019

| honorific_suffix = MPL

| citizenship = South Africa

}}

Loyiso Magqashela is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2019. He was elected to his seat in the 2019 general election, ranked 14th on the ANC's provincial party list.{{Cite web |title=Loyiso Magqashela |url=https://www.pa.org.za/person/loyiso-magqashela/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}} He was also named as the Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the legislature.{{Cite web |date=22 May 2019 |title=Oscar Mabuyane sworn in as new Eastern Cape premier |url=https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/politics/2019-05-22-oscar-mabuyane-sworn-in-as-new-eastern-cape-premier/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Herald |language=en-ZA}}

In May 2022, at a party provincial elective conference in Buffalo City, he was elected to a four-year term as a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's provincial branch in the Eastern Cape. By number of votes received, he was ranked fifth of the 30 ordinary members elected to the committee.{{Cite web |date=10 May 2022 |title=Statement on the outcomes of the 9th Eastern Cape Provincial Conference |url=https://www.anc1912.org.za/anc-statement-on-the-outcomes-of-the-9th-ec-provincial-conference-10-may-2022/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=African National Congress}} After the election, Magqashela was named as the party's provincial spokesperson.{{Cite web |last=Feketha |first=Siviwe |date=12 February 2023 |title=ANC hauls municipal officials to party gathering |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/politics/anc-hauls-municipal-officials-to-party-gathering-20230211 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=City Press |language=en-US}}