Dolly Ledwaba Explained

Office:	Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Party:	African National Congress
Termstart:	22 May 2019
Honorific Suffix:	MPL
Citizenship:	South Africa

Dolly Caroline Ledwaba is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. She formerly represented the ANC as a local councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

Political career

Ledwaba served three terms in the Tshwane council – one term as a proportional-representation councillor and two terms as a ward councillor for Ward 33 in Soshanguve.^[1] In July 2018, she was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's provincial branch in Gauteng.^[2]

The following year, in the 2019 general election, she was elected for the first time to a seat in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, ranked 28th on the ANC's provincial party list.^[3] She was not re-elected to the Provincial Executive Committee in 2022.^[4]

Personal life

Ledwaba's daughter, Lerato Aphane, is a local politician in Tshwane.

Notes and References

1. News: Moatshe . Rapula . 25 August 2021 . Gauteng ANC leader Dolly Ledwaba fingered in vote-rigging claims . en . IOL . 2023-02-10.
2. Web site: 23 July 2018 . ANC Gauteng province on the successful 13th provincial conference . 2023-01-15 . Polity . en.
3. Web site: Dolly Caroline Ledwaba . 2023-02-10 . People's Assembly . en.
4. Web site: Banda . Michelle . 2022-07-11 . ANC Gauteng elects PEC members as new chair Panyaza Lesufi calls for party unity . 2023-01-15 . Daily Maverick . en.