Sifiso Musawenkosi Sonjica is a South African politician who has represented the

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(ANC) in the

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since 2016. He was formerly a businessman and a leader of the ANC Youth League in

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Political career

Sonjica was formerly active in the ANC Youth League and served as the Provincial Chairperson of the league's KwaZulu-Natal branch in the early 2000s. In 2012, he contested unsuccessfully for election as Regional Chairperson of the ANC's eThekwini branch, running against

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and Nhlakanipho Ntombela; Sonjica withdrew from the race, which was ultimately won by Dhlomo. In the 2014 general election, Sonjica stood as a candidate for election to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature but was ranked 57th on the ANC's provincial

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and did not immediately secure election to a seat. He worked as a businessman until 30 June 2016, when he was sworn in to the legislature to fill a

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. He and Nomakiki Majola replaced

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and

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, who had resigned from their legislative seats after being sacked from the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council. He was elected to his first full term in the legislature in the 2019 general election, ranked 42nd on the ANC's party list.

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