Nkosiphendule Kolisile (February 2, 1973 – July 20, 2013) was a South African politician. He was a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of the province of

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 ...

from 2012 until his death in 2013, in charge of economic development. Previously, he had been member of the

Gauteng Provincial Legislature The Gauteng Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the South African province of Gauteng. It is a unicameral body of 73 members elected every five years. The current legislature, the sixth, was elected on 8 May 2019 and has an African Natio ...

beginning in 2009. Kolisile had been a member of the

ANC The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election installe ...

and had led the Gauteng

South African Communist Party The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa. It was founded in 1921 as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), tactically dissolved itself in 1950 in the face of being declared illegal by the governing Na ...

Death

Kolisile died together with his driver and bodyguard in a traffic collision on July 20, 2013, at the age of 40, leaving behind a wife and five children.Gauteng minister for economic development dies in car accident , News , National , Mail & Guardian
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