Fikile Khumalo Explained

Fikile Khumalo
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:23 June 2020
Predecessor1:Bavelile Hlongwa
Term Start2:6 May 2009
Term End2:6 May 2014
Birthname:Fikile Eunice Khumalo
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress
Occupation:Member of Parliament
Profession:Politician
Committees:Portfolio Committee on Transport
Portfolio Committee on Public Works

Fikile Eunice Khumalo is a South African politician who has been an African National Congress Member of Parliament (MP) since 2020, and previously from 2009 to 2014.

Parliamentary career

First term in parliament

Khumalo was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2009 parliamentary election from the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal list.[1] In the Fourth Parliament (2009–2014), she was a member of the Committee On Private Members' Legislative Proposals And Special Petitions, the Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and was the constituency contact for the ANC's Nquthu constituency office. Prior to the 2014 elections, Khumalo was not included on the ANC's parliamentary lists. She was the 58th candidate on the ANC list for the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.[2] The ANC won only 52 seats in the provincial legislature, declining Khumalo a seat.[3] She did not return to parliament.[4]

Second term in parliament

In 2019 Khumalo stood for the National Assembly again as a candidate on the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal list.[5] She was not elected to parliament at the election.[6] The Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Bavelile Hlongwa, died in a car accident in September 2019. The ANC appointed Khumalo to take up Hlongwa's seat in parliament and she was sworn in as an MP on 23 June 2020.[7] She now serves on the Portfolio Committee on Transport and the Portfolio Committee on Public Works.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ANC MPs elected to national assembly on April 22 - DOCUMENTS Politicsweb. 2021-10-15. www.politicsweb.co.za. en.
  2. Web site: The ANC's 2014 election lists for provincial legislatures - DOCUMENTS Politicsweb. 2021-10-15. www.politicsweb.co.za. en.
  3. Web site: 2014 elections: Members of KwaZulu-Natal legislature - POLITICS Politicsweb. 2021-10-15. www.politicsweb.co.za. en.
  4. Web site: 2014 elections: List of ANC MPs elected to the National Assembly - DOCUMENTS Politicsweb. 2021-10-15. www.politicsweb.co.za. en.
  5. Web site: ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections - DOCUMENTS Politicsweb. 2021-10-15. www.politicsweb.co.za. en.
  6. Web site: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures. 2021-10-15. News24. en-US.
  7. ANC Parliament . ANCParliament . 1275431704979738624 . 23 June 2020 . NEW ANC MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CDE FIKILE KHUMALO SWORN IN EARLIER TODAY https://t.co/wy0moT89zJ . en . 5 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211223161404/https://twitter.com/ANCParliament/status/1275431704979738624 . 23 December 2021 . live.
  8. Web site: Fikile Eunice Khumalo. 2021-10-15. People's Assembly. en.