Lewis Nzimande | |
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Delegate to the National Council of Provinces | |
In office 7 May 2009 –7 May 2019 | |
Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office June 1999 –6 May 2009 | |
Personal details | |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Lewis Paul Musawenkosi Nzimande is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Council of Provinces from 2009 to 2019. [1] Before that he served in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009. [2] [3]
During his second term in the National Council of Provinces,from 2015 to 2019, [1] Nzimande co-chaired Parliament's Joint Committee on Constitutional Review,which considered –and ultimately recommended in favour of –amending Section 25 of the Constitution to provide for land expropriation without compensation. [4] [5] His co-chair was Vincent Smith of the National Assembly. [6]