Andisiwe Kumbaca
Andisiwe Kumbaca | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assembly Member for Eastern Cape | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1992 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Andisiwe Nangamso Kumbaca (born 3 September 1992) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she was elected to her first term in the National Assembly in the May 2024 general election. She is a member of the national executive committee of the ANC Youth League.
Early life
[edit]Kumbaca was born on 3 September 1992.[1]
Political career
[edit]At the end of August 2022, Buffalo City mayor Xola Pakati appointed Kumbaca as a member of the interim board of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Development Agency.[2]
In July 2023 she attended the national elective congress of the ANC Youth League, held at Nasrec in Johannesburg. She was elected as a member of the league's national executive committee.[3][4]
She stood as a parliamentary candidate in the May 2024 general election, ranked 16th on the ANC's party list for the Eastern Cape constituency.[1] Pursuant to the election she joined the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament. She was appointed as a member of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation and Portfolio Committee on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Final Candidate Lists for 2024 National and Provincial Elections: Regional Candidates" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "More questions around 'illegal' appointment of development agency's interim board". Daily Dispatch. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Youth League will ensure ANC wins 2024 election, says Kumbaca". Daily Dispatch. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Infighting ahead of ANCYL congress cost Eastern Cape". Daily Dispatch. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Andisiwe Nangamso Kumbaca". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
External links
[edit]- Andisiwe Nangamso Kumbaca at Parliament of South Africa
- Andisiwe Nangamso Kumbaca at People's Assembly
- Andisiwe Nangamso Kumbaca at African National Congress
- Andisiwe Kumbaca on the Muck Rack journalist listing site