Premier of KwaZulu-Natal

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Premier of KwaZulu-Natal
KZN coat of arms.png
Provincial coat of arms
Ambassador Brigety Meets KZN Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Nomusa Dube-Ncube
since 10 August 2022
Style The Honourable
Appointer KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
Term length Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Frank Mdlalose
Formation7 May 1994
Website http://www.kznonline.gov.za/

The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal is the head of government of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The current Premier of KwaZulu-Natal is Nomusa Dube-Ncube, a member of the African National Congress. She is the first elected woman to assume this position and took office on 10 August 2022.

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Functions

In terms of the Constitution of South Africa, the executive authority of each province is entrusted in the province's Premier. The Premier appoints an Executive Council consisting of ten members of the provincial legislature; they are called Members of the Executive Council (MECs). The MECs are effectively ministers in the provincial government, and the Executive Council is effectively the Premier's cabinet. MECs serve at the Premier's discretion. The Premier and the Executive Council are responsible for implementing provincial legislation and any national legislation allocated to the province. They set provincial policy and manage the departments of the provincial government; their actions are subject to the national constitution.

In order for an act of the provincial legislature to become law, the Premier must sign it. If he believes that the act is unconstitutional, it can be referred back to the legislature for reconsideration. If the Premier and the legislature cannot agree, the act must be referred to the Constitutional Court for final consideration. The Premier is also ex officio a member of the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of Parliament, as one of the special delegates from his province. [1]

Election

Elections to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature must be held every five years, usually at the same time as the election of the National Assembly; the last such election occurred on 8 May 2019. At the first meeting of the provincial legislature after an election, the members indirectly elect the Premier from amongst themselves.

The provincial legislature can force the Premier to resign by a motion of no confidence. If the Premiership becomes vacant (for whatever reason) the provincial legislature must choose a new Premier to serve out the period until the next election. One person cannot have served more than two five-year terms as Premier; however, when a Premier is chosen to fill a vacancy the time until the next election does not count as a term.

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  Inkatha Freedom Party
  African National Congress

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 No image.png Frank Mdlalose (1931–2021)11 May 19941 March 19972 years, 294 days Inkatha Freedom Party
2 Richard Hollis and Ben Ngubane.jpg Ben Ngubane (1941–2021)1 March 1997
(acting until 19 March)
10 February 19991 year, 346 days
3 No image.png Lionel Mtshali (1935–2015)10 February 199923 April 20045 years, 73 days
4 No image.png S'bu Ndebele (born 1948)23 April 20046 May 20095 years, 13 days African National Congress
5 Zweli Mkhize Willowfontein and Muzi Thusi School visit.jpg Zweli Mkhize (born 1956)6 May 200922 August 20134 years, 108 days
6 No image.png Senzo Mchunu (born 1958)22 August 201324 May 20162 years, 276 days
7 No image.png Willies Mchunu (born 1948)24 May 201627 May 20193 years, 3 days
8 Sihle Zikalala (42785438050) (cropped).jpg Sihle Zikalala (born 1973)27 May 20195 August 20223 years, 70 days
9 Nomusa Dube-Ncube Forum Session - High Level Panel Discussion- Promoting ICT opportunities women empowerment - (cropped).jpg Nomusa Dube-Ncube 10 August 2022incumbent1 year, 179 days

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