Nqabisa Gantsho is a South African politician from the

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who has served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019, representing the African National Congress.

Background

Gantsho holds a diploma in marketing management. A member of the African National Congress, she has been a regional executive committee member and a regional working committee member of the party's Sarah Baartman region in the

. She also serves on the provincial executive committee of the

African National Congress Women's League The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) is an auxiliary women's political organization of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa. This organization has its precedent in the Bantu Women's League, and it oscillated from b ...

Parliamentary career

Gantsho stood for election to the

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in the 2019 general election as ninth on the ANC's Eastern Cape regional to national list. At the election, she won a seat in parliament. Upon election, she became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.

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