Yoliswa Yako

Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako (born 22 March 1983) is a South African Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) politician from the Eastern Cape who serves as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. She took office as an MP on 3 September 2018. She is a member of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry and an alternate member of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education. Yako was previously a PR councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality and the chairperson of the municipality's Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC).[1][2][3]


Yoliswa Yako

Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
3 September 2018
Personal details
Born
Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako

(1983-03-22) 22 March 1983
NationalitySouth African
Political partyEconomic Freedom Fighters
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician
CommitteesPortfolio Committee on Trade and Industry (Member)
Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (Alternate Member)

References

  1. Spies, Derrick (24 May 2018). "Nelson Mandela Bay council collapses as EFF, other opposition walk out". News24. Retrieved 18 June 2020. for not acknowledging fellow EFF councillor Yoliswa Yako, the current municipal public accounts committee chair.
  2. Ford, Simthandile (12 September 2018). "It's 'call me MP' after EFF's Yako sworn in at parliament". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. Capa, Siyamtanda (16 September 2018). "New EFF MP Yoliswa Yako is 'voice for voiceless'". HeraldLIVE. Retrieved 18 June 2020.



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