Speaker Masizole Mnqasela started his career in politics 23 years ago. For 19 years of this time he has served as an elected public representative.

From 2003 to 2009 he served as a councillor of the City of Cape Town. He was then elected as a Member of Parliament and served as Deputy Shadow Minister for Home Affairs from 2009 to 2014.

In 2014 he was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and served as the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Local Government. This Standing Committee is responsible for monitoring the performance of all 30 municipalities in the Western Cape.

In 2019 he was re-elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and he was also elected as Speaker of the House.

Speaker Mnqasela holds a postgraduate diploma in Governance and Leadership from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). He is currently pursuing his master’s degree at Wits.