Andisiwe Kumbaca

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Andisiwe Kumbaca
MP
Member of the National Assembly
Assembly Member
for Eastern Cape
Assumed office
14 June 2024
Personal details
Born (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 31)
Citizenship South Africa
Political party African National Congress

Andisiwe Nangamso Kumbaca (born 3 September 1992) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she was elected to her first term in the National Assembly in the May 2024 general election. She is a member of the national executive committee of the ANC Youth League.

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Early life

Kumbaca was born on 3 September 1992. [1]

Political career

At the end of August 2022, Buffalo City mayor Xola Pakati appointed Kumbaca as a member of the interim board of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Development Agency. [2]

In July 2023 she attended the national elective congress of the ANC Youth League, held at Nasrec in Johannesburg. She was elected as a member of the league's national executive committee. [3] [4]

She stood as a parliamentary candidate in the May 2024 general election, ranked 16th on the ANC's party list for the Eastern Cape constituency. [1] Pursuant to the election she joined the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament. She was appointed as a member of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation and Portfolio Committee on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Final Candidate Lists for 2024 National and Provincial Elections: Regional Candidates" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. "More questions around 'illegal' appointment of development agency's interim board". Daily Dispatch. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. "Youth League will ensure ANC wins 2024 election, says Kumbaca". Daily Dispatch. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. "Infighting ahead of ANCYL congress cost Eastern Cape". Daily Dispatch. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  5. "Andisiwe Nangamso Kumbaca". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2024-07-22.