Mzwandile Collen Masina (born 2 September 1974) is a South African politician from
Gauteng
Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'.
Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...
who served as the
Executive Mayor of the
City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality from 2016 to 2021. He is a member of the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ...
(ANC) and the party's Ekurhuleni chairperson, elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. From 2014 to 2016, he served as a Member of the
National Assembly of South Africa
The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation syste ...
and as the
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.
Controversy
In 2020 Masina was driving at high speed in a state police car which is used for transporting VIPs. Masina got involved in an accident with a truck. It was discovered that he was not authorised to drive the car and it was also determined that he was driving during a Covid-19 lockdown curfew.
References
External links
Cllr Zwandile Masina – Ekurhuleni Executive MayorPeople's Assembly – Mzwandile MasinaMzwandile Masina, Mr – South African Government
Living people
African National Congress politicians
Zulu people
Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
Mayors of places in South Africa
Mayors of Ekurhuleni
1974 births
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