Geoffrey Bhengu

Geoffrey Bongumusa Bhengu is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal. He represented the Inkatha Freedom Party in the national Parliament from May 1994 until August 2002, when moved to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.

Legislative career

In South Africa's 1994 South [African general election|first post-apartheid elections] in 1994, Bhengu was elected to represent the IFP in the Senate, serving the KwaZulu-Natal constituency. In the next general election in 1999, he was elected to an IFP seat in the National Assembly, again from the KwaZulu-Natal (National Assembly of [South Africa constituency)|KwaZulu-Natal list].
However, midway through the term, the Mail & Guardian reported that Bhengu was likely to be transferred to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, where the IFP hoped to stack its seats with party loyalists in order to minimise the losses of the 2003 South African [floor-crossing window period|upcoming floor-crossing window]. Bhengu was indeed sworn in to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature on 13 August 2002. He was re-elected to a full term in the provincial legislature in the 2004 general election.