title: Dan Makhanya
text: # Dan Makhanya
  
  Dan Wellington Makhanya was a South African businessman and politician who represented the National Party (NP) in the National Assembly from 1994 until his death.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Makhanya was black and a businessman by profession. He joined the NP in 1991 during the democratic transition and subsequently was appointed to the party's Amanzimtoti constituency council. In 1993, he was appointed to the executive committee of the party's Natal branch.
  
  In the 1994 general election, he was elected to an NP seat in the National Assembly, but he died while in office.
  
  