Phumzile Bhengu-Kombe

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Phumzile Bhengu-Kombe
Member of the National Assembly
In office
23 April 2004 7 May 2019
Personal details
Citizenship South Africa
Political party African National Congress

Phumzile Bhengu-Kombe is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2019. [1] [2] She was first elected in the 2004 general election, representing the KwaZulu-Natal constituency, [3] and gained re-election in 2009 and 2014. [4] In the 2019 general election, she was ranked 68th on the ANC's provincial party list for the ANC and failed to gain election to a fourth term. [4]

Her local ANC branch is in Pomeroy in KwaZulu-Natal and she formerly served on the regional executive committees of the ANC and ANC Women's League in the Inkosi Bhambatha region in Umzinyathi. [4]

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References

  1. "Statement in the House by Hon Phumzile Bhengu". ANC Parliamentary Caucus. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "Last words from Ramaphosa as parly shuts for 2016". City Press. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa . Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Phumzile Bhengu-Kombe". People's Assembly. Retrieved 10 April 2023.