Cecil Herandien

Cecil Bernard Herandien (born 8 March 1951)[1] is a retired South African politician who represented the New National Party (NNP) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2005. Before that, he served in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, where he was Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Housing.

Cecil Herandien
Member of the National Assembly
In office
December 2001 – 1 August 2005
ConstituencyWestern Cape
Member of the Western Cape Executive Council for Housing
In office
until 5 December 2001
Succeeded byNomatyala Hangana
Personal details
Born
Cecil Bernard Herandien

(1951-03-08) 8 March 1951
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyNew National Party
National Party

Western Cape Provincial Parliament

During the first democratic Parliament, Herandien served in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and as the provincial MEC for Housing.[2][3] He retained both positions after the 1999 general election.[4] In addition, on 12 November 2001, Herandien was sworn in as Acting Premier of the Western Cape after the incumbent, Gerald Morkel, quit acrimoniously; Herandien had formerly acted in the office while Morkel was abroad.[5][6]

On 5 December 2001, Peter Marais was elected permanently as Premier, and he announced that Nomatyala Hangana of the African National Congress would succeed Herandien as MEC for Housing.[7]

National Assembly

Shortly after the Western Cape reshuffle,[8] Herandien left the Western Cape to fill an NNP seat in the National Assembly.[9] He was elected to a full term in the assembly in the 2004 general election,[10] serving the Western Cape constituency.[11] Shortly after the election, the NNP announced its plans to disband, with its representatives fated to cross the floor to the governing African National Congress.[12] Weeks before the scheduled floor-crossing, on 1 August 2005, Herandien resigned from his seat; he was replaced by Johnny Schippers.[13]

Controversy

Herandien's former colleague in the Western Cape, Freda Adams, alleged in a 2003 lawsuit that Herandien had intimated that she should have a ménage à trois with him and Peter Marais. Marais said of the allegation, "It is too ghastly to contemplate. I can't imagine me with Herandien together with the plaintiff. I don't have such an imagination".[14]

References
  1. "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. "W Cape hires apartheid planner". The Mail & Guardian. 29 August 1997. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. "Morkel reshuffles Western Cape cabinet". The Mail & Guardian. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. "Marais's son living illegally". The Mail & Guardian. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. "Mbeki sympathetic to Herandien". News24. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. "WCape gets caretaker premier". News24. 12 November 2001. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  7. "New-look cabinet for WCape". News24. 5 December 2001. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  8. "NNP gets deputy ministerial posts". The Mail & Guardian. 31 December 2001. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  9. "NNP vulnerable to musical chairs in Parliament". The Mail & Guardian. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. "Down and out in the New National Party". The Mail & Guardian. 23 April 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  11. "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  12. "Eight NNP MPs to defect to ANC". The Mail & Guardian. 28 October 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  13. "National Assembly Members". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  14. "Spooks, sex and sleaze in High Court case". IOL. 12 August 2003. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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