Mxolisi Dimaza

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Mxolisi Dimaza
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Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
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2009 or earlier
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Citizenship South Africa
Political party African National Congress

Mxolisi Mackson Dimaza is a South African politician and former trade unionist who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature for over a decade. He was formerly the Provincial Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union in the Eastern Cape.

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Political career

Dimaza was Provincial Secretary of SADTU in the 2000s. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was elected to an ANC seat in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in the 2009 general election, ranked 37th on the ANC's provincial party list; [5] he was re-elected in the 2014 general election, ranked 12th, and in the 2019 general election, ranked 40th. [6] During his second and third terms in the legislature, he chaired the Portfolio Committee on Health, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] [7]

In early 2021, Dimaza was considered a frontrunner to succeed Sindiswa Gomba as the Eastern Cape's Member of the Executive Council for Health. [8] He was not appointed, but later that year he was elected to chair the legislature's Standing Committee on Public Accounts. [6] [9]

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  2. ↑ "Sadtu threatens strike action". News24. 5 February 2001. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  3. ↑ "Eastern Cape frustrations continue". The Mail & Guardian. 2005-04-21. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  4. ↑ "Sadtu appeals for order". Sowetan. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  5. ↑ "Eastern Cape MPLs elected April 22". Politicsweb. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  6. 1 2 3 "Mxolisi Mackson Dimaza". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  7. ↑ Ellis, Estelle (2020-07-14). "Coronavirus Eastern Cape: Eastern Cape premier raises alarm over possible shortage of N95 masks for health workers". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  8. ↑ "New Eastern Cape health MEC must step up to 'historic challenges'". Herald. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  9. ↑ "Wayward Bhisho departments need to be taught a lesson, says Scopa chair". Daily Dispatch. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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