Busisiwe Shiba | |
Office: | Mpumalanga MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs |
Premier: | Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane |
Term Start: | 10 May 2022 |
Term End: | 18 June 2024 |
Predecessor: | Mandla Msibi |
Office1: | Mpumalanga MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs[1] |
Premier1: | Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane |
Term Start1: | 24 February 2021 |
Term End1: | 10 May 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Mandla Msibi |
Successor1: | Mandla Ndlovu |
Office2: | Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature |
Deputy2: | Vusi Mkhatshwa |
Term Start2: | 22 May 2019 |
Term End2: | 24 February 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Violet Siwela |
Office3: | Mpumalanga MEC for Social Development |
Premier3: | Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane David Mabuza |
Term Start3: | 18 August 2016 |
Term End3: | 22 May 2019 |
Predecessor3: | Nomsa Mtsweni |
Successor3: | Thandi Shongwe |
Birthname: | Busisiwe Paulina Shiba |
Birth Date: | 10 May 1965 |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | African National Congress |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Carolina |
Education: | Master’s Degree (Public Management) |
Alma Mater: | Regenesys Business School |
Profession: | Politician |
Busisiwe Paulina "Busi" Shiba (born 10 May 1965) is a South African politician who was the Mpumalanga MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs from 2022 to 2024.[2] She previously served as the Mpumalanga MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2021 to 2022, as the Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 2019 to 2021 and as the MEC for Social Development from 2016 to 2019. Shiba is a member of the African National Congress (ANC).[3] [4]
Shiba was the mayor of the Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality in Carolina before former Premier of Mpumalanga and now deputy president David Mabuza reshuffled his cabinet and made Shiba the new MEC of Social Development soon after the August 2016 local government elections.[5] She was also appointed the convener of the Mpumalanga African National Congress Women's League (ANC).[6]