Bongi Ntuli (politician) explained

Party:African National Congress
Office1:Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
Termstart1:11 May 2009
Termend1:31 October 2010
Citizenship:South Africa
Office2:Member of the National Assembly
Termstart2:May 1994
Termend2:25 May 2014
Minister1:Rob Davies
Alongside1:Thandi Tobias
Office:Deputy Minister of Social Development
Termstart:1 November 2010
Termend:25 May 2014
Birth Date:1939/1940
Successor:Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu
Death Date: (aged 76)
Minister:Bathabile Dlamini

Bongi Maria Ntuli (died 22 October 2016) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2014. Under President Jacob Zuma, she served as Deputy Minister of Social Development from 2010 to 2014, and before that she served as Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry from May 2009 to October 2010.

Education and early career

Ntuli was born in 1939 or 1940[1] had a bachelor's degree in information systems from the University of the Western Cape.[2] She participated in the Convention for a Democratic South Africa in the early 1990s.[3]

Legislative career

She was elected to the National Assembly in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994[4] and she gained re-election, representing the Mpumalanga constituency, in 1999[5] and 2004.[6] She was also active in the ANC Women's League, serving on its national executive committee, and in the executive of her local party branch in Nkangala.

She was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2009 general election, standing on the ANC's national list.[7] In addition, after the election, newly elected President Jacob Zuma announced that she had been appointed as one of two Deputy Ministers of Trade and Industry; she served alongside Thandi Tobias and under Minister Rob Davies.[8] She held that position until 31 October 2010, when, in a reshuffle by Zuma, she was moved to a new position as Deputy Minister of Social Development.

In the next general election in 2014, Ntuli was ranked 96th on the ANC's national party list and comfortably secured re-election to her legislative seat.[9] However, shortly after she was sworn in, on 25 May, Zuma announced his second-term cabinet; Ntuli had been replaced as Deputy Minister of Social Development by Henrietta Bogopane-Zulu,[10] and she resigned from the National Assembly the same day.

Personal life and death

Ntuli was Christian and had two sons and a daughter.[11] She died on 22 October 2016, aged 76, on arrival at the Pretoria Heart Hospital; she suffered congestive heart failure. President Zuma granted her a special official funeral.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-10-24 . Nkangala ANC mourns the passing on of Bongi Maria Ntuli . 2023-04-11 . 013NEWS . en-US.
  2. Web site: Bongi Maria Ntuli, Ms . 2023-04-11 . South African Government.
  3. Web site: 23 October 2016 . Former Cabinet deputy minister Bongi Ntuli dies . 2023-04-11 . News24 . en-US.
  4. Web site: 24 May 1994 . Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly . 2 April 2023 . Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.
  5. 11 June 1999 . General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 408 . 20203 . 26 March 2021.
  6. 20 April 2004 . General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 466 . 2677 . 4–95 . 26 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Members of the National Assembly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140209085913/http://www.pmg.org.za/node/30336 . 9 February 2014 . 2 March 2023 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
  8. Web site: 10 May 2009 . Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet . 2023-04-11 . South African Government.
  9. Web site: Bongi Maria Ntuli . 2023-04-11 . People's Assembly . en.
  10. Web site: 2014-05-25 . Full List of Jacob Zuma's 2014 cabinet – all the Ministers and Deputies . 2023-04-11 . BizNews . en-GB.
  11. Web site: 23 October 2016 . Social Development mourns former Deputy Minister Bongi Ntuli . 2023-04-11 . South African Government.
  12. Web site: 29 October 2016 . ANC stalwart Bongi Ntuli gets an official funeral . 2023-04-11 . Sowetan . en-ZA.