Related Research Articles
Bongiwe Nomusa Sithole-Moloi (née Sithole) has served as KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since February 2023. She has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since 2014.
Zandile Ruth Thelma Gumede is a South African who has been serving as a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since 2020. She served as the Executive Mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality from 2016 until 2019. Gumede is a member of the African National Congress. And the current Chair Person of the African National Congress (ANC) at EThekwini Region.
Zwakele Maxwell Mncwango is a South African politician who is the provincial chairperson of ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal. He was a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2018 to 2022 and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2018 to 2019. He was the Provincial Leader of the KwaZulu-Natal Democratic Alliance (DA) from 2015 to 2021. Mncwango was the party's KwaZulu-Natal Premier candidate for the 2019 election.
Ravigasen Ranganathan "Ravi" Pillay is a South African attorney and African National Congress (ANC) politician who served as the Member of the Executive Council for Economic Development,Tourism and Environmental Affairs in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government from November 2020 until August 2022. He was the MEC for Finance from May 2019 to November 2020 and the MEC for Human Settlements and Public Works from 2011 to 2019. Pillay was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in 2009 and served as the legislature's chief whip of the majority party from 2009 to 2011.
Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu is a South African lawyer and African National Congress (ANC) politician who has been serving as the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Health since May 2019. She became a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in May 2014. She was the chair of the legislature's Agriculture Portfolio Committee from 2014 to 2019. Simelane-Zulu was previously involved in the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL).
Siphosihle Emmanuel Hlomuka is a South African politician who is the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Transport,Community Safety and Liaison in KwaZulu-Natal,having been appointed in August 2022. He served as the MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs from May 2019 to August 2022. Hlomuka was sworn in as a Member of the Provincial Legislature in May 2019. He is the deputy provincial secretary of the African National Congress.
Nomusa Dube-Ncube is a South African politician and former diplomat who was the 9th Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from August 2022 to June 2024. A member of the African National Congress,she is the first woman to hold the office. She was succeeded by Thami Ntuli.
Muntukayise Bhekuyise Ntuli was a South African politician. A member of the African National Congress,he served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1999 to 2003,when he resigned amid fraud allegations. He was then elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in 2009. On 11 September 2019,Ntuli became the Member of the Executive Council for Transport,Community Safety &Liaison,replacing Mxolisi Kaunda,who was elected Mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. Ntuli died on 16 January 2021,from complications of COVID-19.
Neliswa Peggy Nkonyeni is a South African politician and educator. A member of the African National Congress,she has been the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance in KwaZulu-Natal since 2022.
Philani Godfrey Mavundla is a South African politician,Zulu nationalist and business tycoon who has been the Mayor of the Umvoti Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal since 2023,having previously served from 2011 to 2013 as a member of the African National Congress. He served as the Deputy Mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality from 2021 until 2022. He is the founder and current leader of the Abantu Batho Congress,a party he founded in early-2020 after he resigned from the National Freedom Party (NFP).
Ntuthuko Mbongiseni Sibiya,known as Jomo Sibiya,is a South African politician who served as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Human Settlements and Public Works in KwaZulu-Natal from March 2021 until August 2022. A member of the African National Congress,Sibiya was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in 2014.
Siboniso Armstrong Duma is a South African politician who is the provincial chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal. He is also Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Economic Development,Tourism and Environmental Affairs in the KwaZulu-Natal government.
Mdumiseni Ntuli is a South African politician. He has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since June 2024,and he formerly served in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from May 2016 to July 2018. He left the latter position to serve as Provincial Secretary of the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal branch,an office he held between 2018 and 2022.
The Executive Council of KwaZulu-Natal is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature by the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal,an office held since May 2024 by Thami Ntuli of the African National Congress (ANC).
Weziwe Gcotyelwa Thusi is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature and KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council until 2019. Most prominently,she was KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development from 2011 to 2019. She later served as Speaker of the eThekweni Metropolitan Council from 2019 until 2021,when she resigned from politics.
James Sikhosiphi Nxumalo is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since 2019. He was formerly the Mayor of eThekwini from 2011 to 2016,and during that time he was engaged in a strident political rivalry with Zandile Gumede,who became his successor. He was elected to a five-year term on the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 2022,and he has served as the Provincial Chairperson of the SACP's KwaZulu-Natal branch for over a decade.
Mthandeni Eric Dlungwana,also spelled Dlungwane,is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature between 2011 and 2019. He was formerly KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education from 2016 to 2019 under Premier Willies Mchunu.
Bheki Ntuli is a South African politician who is active in the African National Congress (ANC) of KwaZulu-Natal. He is known for his tenure as Regional Secretary of the ANC's eThekwini branch,an office he held from 2015 to 2019. He subsequently led the branch as its interim coordinator from 2020 until 2022,when he was voted out of the leadership by allies of Zandile Gumede. In July 2022,he was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal branch.
Belinda Francis Scott,formerly Belinda Barrett,is a South African politician who was KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance from 2014 to 2019. She served several terms in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2019,representing the African National Congress (ANC) from 2002 onwards after defecting from both the Democratic Party and the Inkatha Freedom Party. After she left the provincial legislature in 2019,she served as Deputy Mayor of eThekwini from September 2019 until she resigned from politics in February 2021.
References
- ↑ "Abantu Butho Congress founder takes eThekwini's deputy mayor position". 24 November 2021.
- ↑ "Meet KZN's new MECs". City Press - News24. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ Singh, Kaveel (22 August 2019). "ANC finally names new eThekwini and Msunduzi mayors". News24. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has finally agreed on a new mayor-elect for the eThekwini metro - and it is current Transport MEC Mxolisi Kaunda.
- ↑ ANC says Gumede's resignation withdrawal 'unprecedented', eNCA, 29 August 2019. Retrieved on 29 August 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "About the MEC Mxolisi Thomas Kaunda: KwaZulu-Natal". KZNComSafety. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 Kahla, Cheryl (22 August 2019). "Mxolisi Kaunda: Qualifications, CV and work history of eThekiwni's new mayor". The South African. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ Khoza, Amanda. ANC recalls 4 MECs in KZN cabinet reshuffle, News24, 6 June 2016. Retrieved on 30 August 2019.
- ↑ Harper, Paddy. Zikalala appoints youthful cabinet in KZN, Mail & Guardian, 27 May 2019. Retrieved on 30 August 2019.
- ↑ "Zandile Gumede, Themba Njilo officially out as ANC makes sweeping leadership changes". News24. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ↑ Mkentane, Luyolo (13 August 2019). "ANC in KZN fires eThekwini mayor accused of corruption". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ↑ Tandwa, Lizeka (15 August 2019). "eThekwini to get new mayor next week - and these are the frontrunners". News24. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ↑ Mkentane, Luyolo (22 August 2019). "New mayors for eThekwini and Msunduzi municipalities 'a plus for Ramaphosa'". BusinessDay. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ↑ "Zandile Gumede's resignation received, says ANC KZN". News24. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ↑ JUST IN: Zandile Gumede withdraws resignation, sets up showdown with ANC bosses. Retrieved on 30 August 2019.
- ↑ No mayoral chains just yet for Mxolisi Kaunda over 'outstanding' issue. Retrieved on 30 August 2019.
- ↑ eThekwini's new mayor Kaunda told by ANC to put needs of city first. Retrieved on 4 September 2019.
- ↑ It's finally official: Mxolisi Kaunda named as eThekwini mayor, TimesLIVE, 6 September 2019. Retrieved on 6 September 2019.
- ↑ New eThekwini mayor elected. Retrieved on 6 September 2019.
- ↑ "ANC in KZN recalls eThekwini Mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda - eNCA". www.enca.com. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ↑ "eThekwini prepares to elect a new mayor for the municipality". The Witness. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
