Dolly Caroline Ledwaba is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. She formerly represented the ANC as a local councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

Dolly Ledwaba
Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Political career

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Ledwaba served three terms in the Tshwane council – one term as a proportional-representation councillor and two terms as a ward councillor for Ward 33 in Soshanguve.[1] In July 2018, she was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's provincial branch in Gauteng.[2]

The following year, in the 2019 general election, she was elected for the first time to a seat in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, ranked 28th on the ANC's provincial party list.[3] She was not re-elected to the Provincial Executive Committee in 2022.[4]

Personal life

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Ledwaba's daughter, Lerato Aphane, is a local politician in Tshwane.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Moatshe, Rapula (25 August 2021). "Gauteng ANC leader Dolly Ledwaba fingered in vote-rigging claims". IOL. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  2. ^ "ANC Gauteng province on the successful 13th provincial conference". Polity. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  3. ^ "Dolly Caroline Ledwaba". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  4. ^ Banda, Michelle (2022-07-11). "ANC Gauteng elects PEC members as new chair Panyaza Lesufi calls for party unity". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
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