{"id":23639,"date":"2023-03-14T06:39:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T06:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=23639"},"modified":"2023-03-14T06:21:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T06:21:22","slug":"confirmedex-senate-deputy-president-ngomyayona-gamedze-to-face-mp-lazwide-in-siphofaneni-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/confirmedex-senate-deputy-president-ngomyayona-gamedze-to-face-mp-lazwide-in-siphofaneni-elections","title":{"rendered":"CONFIRMED:Ex-Senate Deputy President Ngomyayona Gamedze to face MP LaZwide in Siphofaneni elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Ngomyayona Gamedze,the former Senate Deputy President has finally confirmed that he will stand for Parliamentary elections at Siphofaneni.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gamedze,a brother to former Siphofaneni MP Gundwane Gamedze is expected to face current MP Nomalungelo Simelane known as LaZwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm that I will stand for elections at Siphofaneni and will use the Parliament platform to advocate for a political dialogue,\u201dsaid the former long-serving Senate Deputy President.<\/p>\n<p>Previously,Gamedze had been speaking indirectly when asked whether he would contest in the elections or not,however,he finally confirmed on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from his popularity and political experience,the former Senate Deputy President might benefit from his brother Gundvwane Gamedze&#8217;s legacy,he confirmed that some of his brothers within the area have approached and urged him to stand for the elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Ngomyayona Gamedze,the former Senate Deputy President has finally confirmed that he will stand for Parliamentary elections at Siphofaneni. Gamedze,a brother to former Siphofaneni MP Gundwane Gamedze is expected to face current MP Nomalungelo Simelane known as LaZwide. \u201cI can confirm that I will stand for elections at Siphofaneni and will use the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-23639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CONFIRMED:Ex-Senate Deputy President Ngomyayona Gamedze to face MP LaZwide in Siphofaneni elections - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ngomyayona 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