Alphina Ndlovana

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Alphina Ndlovana
MPL
Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born (1957-08-25) 25 August 1957 (age 68)
Political party African National Congress
Alma mater University of Pretoria
University of Johannesburg

Alphina Anna "Gogo" Ndlovana (born 25 August 1957) is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. A teacher by training, she was formerly a local councilor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and, before that, a public servant in the Mpumalanga Department of Education.

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Early life and career

Ndlovana was born on 25 August [1] [ self-published source ] 1957 in Mamelodi. [2] She became politically active through the anti-apartheid movement while a student at Vlakfontein High School. While teaching at Rethabile High School in Mamelodi, she became co-founder of Mamelodi Teachers Union. [2] In addition to her teaching certificate, she has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Pretoria and a Master's degree in educational management from the University of Johannesburg. [2]

After the end of apartheid in 1994, she was recruited to the Mpumalanga Department of Education, [2] where she rose to a senior position as an education specialist. [3] Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza suspended her from the department in mid-1999 after an internal inquiry found that she was partly responsible for fraudulently inflating the province's matric results by 20%. [3]

Political career

Ndlovana formerly served as a proportional-representation councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. [2] She is an active member of the ANC Women's League in Gauteng, [2] and she was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Gauteng branch in July 2018. [4] In the general election the following year, she was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, ranked 14th on the ANC's provincial party list. [5] She was re-elected to the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in 2022. [6]

Personal life

She has three sons. [2]

References

  1. ANC Caucus GPL (25 August 2021). "The ANC Caucus in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature wishes its Honorable Member Cde Alphina "Gogo" Ndlovana a Happy Birthday, wishing you many more years". Facebook. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "In Conversation with GPL Chairpersons". Gauteng Legislature. 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "SADTU raises hell in Mpumalanga". The Mail & Guardian. 22 June 1999. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. "ANC Gauteng province on the successful 13th provincial conference". Polity. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. "Alphina Anna Ndlovana". People's Assembly. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  6. Banda, Michelle (11 July 2022). "ANC Gauteng elects PEC members as new chair Panyaza Lesufi calls for party unity". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 15 January 2023.