Phumzile Harriet Mbatha-Cele is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since August 2016. She is also a former Mayor of Newcastle.
Phumzile Mbatha-Cele | |
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| Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 29 August 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Political career
editMbatha-Cele is from Amajuba in KwaZulu-Natal.[1] She was the Mayor of Newcastle[2] in Amajuba until May 2007, when opposition parties in the Newcastle council collaborated to remove her and her deputy from office; she was replaced by Mercy Dube of the Inkatha Freedom Party.[3] By 2015, she was the Deputy Regional Secretary of the ANC's eMalahleni regional branch in KwaZulu-Natal.[4] She was still in that office on 29 August 2016, when she sworn in as a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature; she filled a casual vacancy created by the resignation of Makhosini Nkosi, who became Mayor of Newcastle after the 2016 local elections.[1]
In May 2018, Mbatha-Cele was elected Deputy Regional Chairperson of the ANC in eMalahleni, deputising Ntuthuko Mahlaba.[5] She was elected to her first full term in the legislature in the 2019 general election, ranked 36th on the ANC's provincial party list.[6] However, in September 2021, she was succeeded as ANC Deputy Regional Chairperson by Phumzile Mgcina.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mayoral deployments reshuffle MPLs". IOL. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Dignified funeral for pensioner, 85, killed on his bicycle". Sowetan. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Parties oust 2 officials". Sowetan. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Ushaywe ngempama unobhala we-ANC Emalahleni". Eyethu News (in Zulu). 21 September 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "New leaders for KZN ANC regions". Daily Sun. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Phumzile Harriet Mbatha-Cele". People's Assembly. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Capa, Siyamtanda (6 September 2021). "ANC's Mahlaba elected unopposed in Newcastle". Witness. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
External links
edit- Ms Phumzile Harriet Mbatha-Cele at People's Assembly
- Hon. PH Mbatha-Cele at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature