Dolly Ledwaba

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Dolly Ledwaba
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Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
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22 May 2019
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Political party African National Congress

Dolly Caroline Ledwaba is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. She formerly represented the ANC as a local councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

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Political career

Ledwaba served three terms in the Tshwane council – one term as a proportional-representation councillor and two terms as a ward councillor for Ward 33 in Soshanguve. [1] In July 2018, she was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's provincial branch in Gauteng. [2]

The following year, in the 2019 general election, she was elected for the first time to a seat in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, ranked 28th on the ANC's provincial party list. [3] She was not re-elected to the Provincial Executive Committee in 2022. [4]

Personal life

Ledwaba's daughter, Lerato Aphane, is a local politician in Tshwane. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Moatshe, Rapula (25 August 2021). "Gauteng ANC leader Dolly Ledwaba fingered in vote-rigging claims". IOL. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  2. "ANC Gauteng province on the successful 13th provincial conference". Polity. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  3. "Dolly Caroline Ledwaba". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  4. Banda, Michelle (2022-07-11). "ANC Gauteng elects PEC members as new chair Panyaza Lesufi calls for party unity". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-01-15.