Sylvia Lucas

Sylvia Lucas (born 22 April 1964) is the current Deputy Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces in the Republic of South Africa, after having taken office on 23 May 2019. From 2013 to 2019, she served as the 4th Premier of the Northern Cape Province. She was elected and inaugurated as the successor to Hazel Jenkins. Lucas briefly served as acting premier and before her appointment, as the MEC for Environmental Affairs in the Northern Cape Provincial Government.

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Quotes

• If that is the case I would really like to apologise to the nation if I came across as someone who is insensitive
  • She said
• We are coming from a past where it was a luxury to have electricity.
  • She said
• People are saying that she probably has solar… the only thing that I bought with my own money is inverter for my fridge and for my children so that they can watch TV and to charge,”
  • She said