Johnny Schippers

Johannes "Johnny" Schippers (29 June 1943 – 31 January 2009) was a South African politician from the Western Cape. A former teacher, he served in the National Assembly from 2000 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2009. He was a member of the New National Party (NNP) until September 2005, when he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC).

Johnny Schippers
Member of the National Assembly
In office
26 August 2005 – May 2009
ConstituencyWestern Cape
In office
14 August 2000 – April 2004
ConstituencyWestern Cape
Personal details
Born
Johannes Schippers

(1943-06-29)29 June 1943
Tulbagh, Cape Province
Union of South Africa
Died31 January 2009(2009-01-31) (aged 65)
Western Cape, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress (since September 2005)
Other political
affiliations		New National Party (until September 2005)
Alma materUniversity of South Africa
University of the Western Cape

Early life

Schippers was born on 29 June 1943[1] in Tulbagh in the former Cape Province.[2] He held a BA from the University of South Africa and a BEd from the University of the Western Cape, and he was a teacher and school principal by profession.[2] He represented the National Party, the NNP's forerunner, as a local councillor in Tulbagh from 1995 to 1999.[2]

Legislative career: 2000–2009

In the 1999 general election, Schippers stood for the NNP as a candidate for election to the National Assembly's Western Cape caucus,[3] but he was not initially elected. Instead, he joined the assembly on 14 August 2000, replacing Abe Williams.[4] He served as the NNP's spokesman on safety and security during the legislative term that followed.[5]

Schippers was not immediately re-elected in the 2004 general election and again joined the legislature during the legislative term, replacing Cecil Herandien on 26 August 2005.[6] By then, NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk had announced the NNP's intention to disband. The week after being sworn in, during the floor-crossing window, Schippers followed van Schalkwyk and most of the NNP's other representatives in resigning from the NNP and joining the governing ANC.[7] He served the rest of the term under the ANC banner.

Personal life

Schippers was married. He died on 31 January 2009 in a car accident while travelling home to Tulbagh from the ANC's regional constituency office in Worcester.[2]

References
  1. "General Notice: Electoral Commission Notice 1113 of 1999 – Final List of Candidates" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 26 May 1999. p. 242. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. "Hansard: Motion of Condolence". Parliament of South Africa. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. "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.
  4. "The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. "Sizzlers killers get life". The Mail & Guardian. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  6. "National Assembly Members". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  7. "The last bell tolls for the NNP". IOL. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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