Nhlakanipho Ntombela is a South African politician who has represented the
African National Congress (ANC) in the
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is unicameral in its composition and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the leading party or coalition members ...
since before 2014. He is also a longstanding member of the
Provincial Executive Committee of the
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
ANC, and in December 2021 he was elected Deputy Regional Chairperson of the ANC's Moses Mabhida branch in
Umgungundlovu District.
Political career
Ntombela was formerly the Provincial Chairperson of the
ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal.
He is also a longstanding member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal branch:
he had a seat in the committee by 2006, and the committee appointed him provincial head of campaigns ahead of the
2011 local elections. In March 2012, he stood for election as Regional Chairperson of the ANC's
eThekwini region, the ANC's largest branch in the country, but he was narrowly defeated by
Sibongiseni Dhlomo
Sibongiseni Dhlomo (born 10 December 1959) is a South African politician and medical doctor for the African National Congress. Dhlomo is the current deputy minister of health for the Republic of South Africa.
Early life
Dhlomo was born in Um ...
, won received 277 votes to Ntombela's 242.
Ntombela was a
Member of the Provincial Legislature prior to 2014, and in the
2014 general election he was re-elected to his seat, ranked 26th on the ANC's provincial
party list
An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...
.
In November 2015, he stood unsuccessfully for election as
Provincial Secretary of the KwaZulu-Natal ANC; he ran on a slate aligned to outgoing Provincial Chairperson
Senzo Mchunu, and he was defeated by
Super Zuma
Bangokwakhe Madesius "Super" Zuma (born 1962) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who has served as KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture and Rural Development since February 2023. He has re ...
.
Ahead of the ANC's
54th National Conference two years later, according to
IOL, he was a "key backer and lobbyist" of
Cyril Ramaphosa's successful campaign to be elected ANC President.
At the ANC's next provincial elective conference in July 2018, Ntombela was re-elected to the ANC Provincial Executive Committee,
and in the
2019 general election he was re-elected to his legislative seat, ranked 13th on the ANC's party list.
In July 2020, he was appointed as official
spokesperson of the KwaZulu-Natal ANC, succeeding
Ricardo Mthembu
Njabulo Ricardo Mthembu (1970 – 8 July 2020) was a South African politician.
Career
He was a member of the African National Congress and a representative of the party in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2019 to 2020. Mthembu served on the l ...
, who had died of
Covid-19 complications earlier that month.
In December 2021, Ntombela was elected Deputy Regional Chairperson of the ANC's Moses Mabhida branch in
Umgungundlovu District, the party's second largest branch in KwaZulu-Natal; in that capacity he served under Regional Chairperson Mzimkhulu Thebolla. He was re-elected to another four-year term on the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in July 2022.
References
External links
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Hon. N Ntombelaat KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
African National Congress politicians
21st-century South African politicians