/ 24 March 1999

DP DEFECTION TO ANC

THE Democratic Party’s only black woman MP, Dr Bukelwa Mbulawa, defected on Wednesday to the African National Congress. Mbulawa was the DP’s first black woman MP and her defection follows that of former deputy party leader William Mnisi, who opted to join the National Party last year. The DP is now left with one black parliamentarian, Joe Seremane, who is a delegate in the National Council of Provinces.