Siphosethu Lindinkosi Ngcobo is a South African politician who has been serving as the Secretary-General of the

Inkatha Freedom Party The Inkatha Freedom Party ( zu, IQembu leNkatha yeNkululeko, IFP) is a right-wing political party in South Africa. The party has been led by Velenkosini Hlabisa since the party's 2019 National General Conference. Mangosuthu Buthelezi founded t ...

since August 2019. He was elected to the

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in May 2019. Ngcobo is a former president of the National Teachers Union (NATU).

Education

Ngcobo holds a bachelor of education degree and a bachelor of arts degree.

Political career

Ngcobo is a long-standing member of the

. He was a branch chairperson, a constituency chairperson and a regional chairperson. In August 2019, he was elected secretary-general of the party, succeeding Velenkosini Hlabisa. Ngcobo was also the mayor of Ulundi. Until September 2018, Ngcobo served as the president of the National Teachers Union. He was succeeded by Allen Thompson.

Parliamentary career

In the 2019 election, Ngcobo was elected to the

via the IFP's regional list. He was sworn in on 22 May 2019. On 27 June 2019, he was given his committee assignments.

Committee assignments

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ngcobo, Siphosethu Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Zulu people People from KwaZulu-Natal Inkatha Freedom Party politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 21st-century South African politicians