Koliswa Vimbayo

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Koliswa Vimbayo
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Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
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22 May 2019
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Citizenship South Africa
Political party African National Congress

Koliswa Vimbayo is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2019. Until 2019, she was the Mayor of Chris Hani District Municipality.

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Political career

Vimbayo was formerly the Executive Mayor of Chris Hani [1] [2] and the Regional Chairperson of the ANC's branch in the area. [3] She lost the latter position at a regional party conference in August 2018, when Wongama Gela won election to the position, securing 144 votes against Vimbayo's 29. [3] The following year, in the 2019 general election, Vimbayo was elected to an ANC seat in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature, ranked 35th on the ANC's provincial party list. [4]

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References

  1. "Chris Hani rings changes to its mayoral committee". Dispatch. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  2. "Mayor opens case as car broken into". Dispatch. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  3. 1 2 "Wongama Gela shifts in to hot seat as ANC chair in Chris Hani area". The Rep. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-15 via PressReader.
  4. "Koliswa Vimbayo". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-02-15.