Nomaindiya Mfeketo is a South African politician who served as Minister of Human Settlements from 2018 to 2019, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation,Deputy minister Mfeketo
''Parliament''. Retrieved 23 November 2014. Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2009 to 2014, and

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from 1998 to 2000 and again from 2002 to 2006. Mfeketo presently serves as Ambassador of South Africa to the United States.

Early career

Prior to entering politics Mfeketo's worked for a number of non-governmental organisations (NGO). From 1981 to 1991 Mfeketo worked for the agricultural training NG
ZAKH
after which she worked for the

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(SCAT) from 1991 to 1992. From 1992 to 1994, Mfeketo worked for th
Development Action Group
(DAG) on a public housing project.

Political career

In 1993, she became involved in negotiations to combine state and non-state activities in preparation for South Africa's transition to

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. Following Mfeketo's work with DAG she was elected Chairperson of the first democratically elected City Council in Cape Town for the 1996 – 1998 pre–interim phase.

Mayorship

She became the fourth woman and the first black woman to be mayor of the city when she held the post of Mayor briefly in 1998. She was re-elected mayor following the floor-crossing period which gave her party, the

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(ANC), the majority in the city council in 2002, ousting

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of the Democratic Alliance (DA). She held the post until the DA regained control of the council in 2006, after which Helen Zille took office.

Post-mayorship

In 2007, Mfeketo was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee. On May 6, 2009, Mfeketo was elected as Deputy Speaker of the

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.''Sisulu accepts his job with humility''
/ref> Mfeketo served in this position until May 21, 2014, when she was succeeded by former Minister of Co-Operative Governance, Lechesa Tsenoli. In 2009 the DA alleged that Mfeketo received a custom built 'mansion' worth R8 million as part of a controversial government housing plan for ministers in Cape Town and Pretoria even though she owned a private residence 9 km away.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mfeketo, Nomaindia Living people Xhosa people African National Congress politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Mayors of Cape Town Women mayors of places in South Africa Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1952 births