Feni served in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature from May 2023 to May 2024, and before that he was a local councillor in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
Feni began his political career in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape, where he represented the African National Congress (ANC) as a local councillor.
However, pursuant to the November 2021 local elections, Feni returned to his position as MMC for Corporate Services in a new coalition government under ANC mayor Eugene Johnson.
[7] In late May 2023, Feni resigned from the Nelson Mandela Bay council, ceding his seat to Babalwa Lobishe, who became the municipality's deputy mayor when the ANC launched a new governing coalition the following week.
With Patrick Mabilo and Sylvia Nxumalo, he was one of three members whom the council designated to serve on the Magistrates Commission as a parliamentary representative.