Andrew Arnolds

Andrew Arnolds
Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the Western Cape
In office
23 May 2019 – 7 March 2023
Personal details
Born
Andrew Arnolds
NationalitySouth African
Political partyEconomic Freedom Fighters
Other political
affiliations		Agang South Africa
African Christian Democratic Party
ProfessionPolitician

Andrew Arnolds is a South African politician of the Economic Freedom Fighters who represented the Western Cape in the National Council of Provinces from 2019 until 2023.

Political career

Arnolds was a member of the African Christian Democratic Party and served as the Deputy Mayor of Cape Town between 2006 and 2007. He resigned from the ACDP in 2009.[1]

Arnolds joined Agang South Africa prior to the 2014 general election. He was on the party's list for the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. The party won no representation in the provincial parliament.[2] He then joined the Economic Freedom Fighters and returned to the Cape Town city council as one of the first EFF municipal councillors following the August 2016 municipal elections.[1] Arnolds served as the EFF's provincial secretary.[2]

Parliamentary career

After the general election on 8 May 2019, Arnolds was elected to the National Council of Provinces. He took office as an MP on 23 May 2019.[2]

He resigned from the NCOP on 7 March 2023.[3]

Committee assignments

On 24 June 2019, he was named to two committees. They are:

  • Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy[4]
  • Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Dentlinger, Lindsey (12 August 2016). "The EFF's noisy council debut". IOL. Cape Town. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Gerber, Jan (24 May 2019). "Some of the new faces in Parliament's 'Shady Pines', the NCOP". News24. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Andrew Arnolds". People's Assembly. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Mr Andrew Arnolds". Parliament of South Africa. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.