Sinawo Thambo | |
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![]() Thambo in 2024 | |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 28 August 2024 | |
In office 22 October 2020 –28 May 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sinawo Thambo |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | Economic Freedom Fighters |
Education | University of Cape Town |
Occupation | Legislator |
Profession | Politician |
Sinawo Thambo (born 2 June 1996) is a South African politician from the Western Cape who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2024,Thambo was the provincial chairperson of the EFF Student Command. In March 2022,he was redeployed to the position on National Spokesperson of the EFF.
Thambo's family were African National Congress supporters. His father was an ANC politician. In 2021,Thambo graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Arts in English,Language and Literature &Politics and Governance. [1]
Thambo had served as the provincial chairperson of the student command of the Economic Freedom Fighters. [2] He is currently the national spokesperson of the party,having previously served as head of the presidency.
On 22 October 2020,he was sworn in as a Member of the National Assembly. [3] Tambo was elected to a full term in the National Assembly in the 2024 general election,however,he was not available to take up his seat,so the party selected Sam Matiase to fill it. [4] After Mzwanele Manyi resigned to join uMkhonto weSizwe in August 2024,the party chose Tambo to take up his seat. [5]
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