Jabulile Mkhwanazi | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
In office 22 May 2019 –28 May 2024 | |
Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
Personal details | |
Born | Jabulile Cynthia Nightingale Mkhwanazi 27 February 1975 |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | African National Congress |
Jabulile Cynthia Nightingale Mkhwanazi (born 27 February 1975) is a South African African National Congress politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from KwaZulu-Natal from 2019 until 2024.
Mkhwanazi served as an African National Congress proportional representation councillor (PR) in the Newcastle Local Municipality. [1]
For the general election on May 8,2019,Mkhwanazi was the twelfth candidate on the ANC's list of National Assembly candidates from KwaZulu-Natal. [2] The ANC won 24 regional seats in KwaZulu-Natal and Mkhwanazi was elected to the National Assembly. [3] She was sworn into office on May 22,during the first sitting of the National Assembly following the election. [4] Mkhwanazi became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on 27 June 2019. [5]
In 2019,she had an 88% committee attendance rate as a Member of Parliament (14 meetings out of 16) and in 2020,she had a 92% committee attendance rate (24 meetings out of 26). [6]
Mkhwanazi did not stand in the 2024 general election and left parliament. [7]
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