Edward Ntshingila

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Edward Ntshingila
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 June 2024
Personal details
BornEdward Mzikayise Ntshingila
Party uMkhonto weSizwe Party
ProfessionPolitician

Edward Mzikayise Ntshingila is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of South Africa for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party.

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Parliamentary career

Ntshingila stood as parliamentary candidate for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party in the 2024 general election and was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa and sworn into office on 25 June 2024. [1] [2]

Following his swearing-in, he was appointed a party whip in July 2024. [3] He was appointed to the Joint Standing Committee on Defence in October 2024. [4]

After 14 South African National Defence Force soldiers were killed fighting M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2025, Ntshingila said that MK party president Jacob Zuma managed SANDF's deployment in the DRC better during his tenure as president of South Africa. [5]

In July 2025, Ntshingila rejected the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition's proposed budget for 2025/2026, arguing that "it sustains exclusion, reproduces poverty and abdicates responsibility for transformation." [6]

During the debate on a proposal to establish an ad hoc committee to investigate statues and memorials associated with South Africa's pre-1994 white minority government in September 2025, Ntshingila supported the draft resolution and proposed that celebrations accompany the removal of symbols linked to the white minority-rule period. [7]

Committee assignments

References

  1. ↑ "The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  2. ↑ "Names of the 58 MK Party MPs just sworn in - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Edward Mzikayise Ntshingila". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  4. ↑ "Gigaba named Joint Standing Committee on Defence co-chair - DefenceWeb". 2024-10-30. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  5. ↑ "Calls mounting for Defence Minister Angie Motshekga's resignation". SABC News. 2025-02-11. Archived from the original on 2025-02-12. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  6. ↑ Ndzene, Babalo. "Some opposition parties reject DTIC's budget over multi-billion rand lottery operator licence". EWN. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  7. ↑ "'Poisonous history': EFF wants parliamentary probe into apartheid-era statues, memorials". Jacaranda FM. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
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