Dumisile Goodness Nhlengethwa (4 July 1969 – 24 May 2021) was a South African politician who served as

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's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works, Roads and Transport from May 2014 to August 2016. Prior to her time in the

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, she represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2009 to 2014. Nhlengethwa left the provincial legislature in August 2016 to serve as a local councillor in

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, where she was elected Speaker. At the time of her death in 2021, she was serving as a councillor in the Gert Sibande District Municipality.

Early life

Nhlengethwa was born on 4 July 1969.

Career in government

In the 2009 general election, Nhlengethwa was elected to represent the ANC in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament, where she served for a full legislative term and chaired the

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. In the

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in 2014, she was ranked 22nd on the ANC's provincial party list and was elected to a seat in the

. After the election, Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza appointed her to the Mpumalanga Executive Council as a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works, Roads and Transport. She served in that position for less than three years: she stood as a candidate in the August 2016 local elections, pursuant to which she was elected Speaker of the

. She vacated her seat in the provincial legislature in order to take up the post, which the ANC denied was a demotion; her former portfolio in the Executive Council was taken up by Sasekani Manzini. After a period as Msukaligwa Speaker, Nhlengethwa became a councillor in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, where she served as a Member of the Mayoral Committee at the time of her death in 2021.

Death

Nhlengethwa died on 24 May 2021, aged 51.

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* 1969 births 2021 deaths Members of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature Members of the African National Congress 21st-century South African politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa {{DEFAULTSORT:Nhlengethwa, Dumisile