Alphina Ndlovana Explained

Office:	Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Party:	African National Congress
Termstart:	22 May 2019
Honorific Suffix:	MPL
Birth Date:	25 August 1957
Birth Place:	Mamelodi, Transvaal Union of South Africa
Alma Mater:	University of Pretoria University of Johannesburg

Alphina Anna "Gogo" Ndlovana (born 25 August 1957) is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. A teacher by training, she was formerly a local councilor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and, before that, a public servant in the Mpumalanga Department of Education.

Early life and career

Ndlovana was born on 25 August^[1] 1957 in Mamelodi.^[2] She became politically active through the anti-apartheid movement while a student at Vlakfontein High School. While teaching at Rethabile High School in Mamelodi, she became co-founder of Mamelodi Teachers Union. In addition to her teaching certificate, she has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Pretoria and a Master's degree in educational management from the University of Johannesburg.

After the end of apartheid in 1994, she was recruited to the Mpumalanga Department of Education, where she rose to a senior position as an education specialist.^[3] Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza suspended her from the department in mid-1999 after an internal inquiry found that she was partly responsible for fraudulently inflating the province's matric results by 20%.

Political career

Ndlovana formerly served as a proportional-representation councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. She is an active member of the ANC Women's League in Gauteng, and she was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Gauteng branch in July 2018.^[4] In the general election the following year, she was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, ranked 14th on the ANC's provincial party list.^[5] She was re-elected to the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in 2022.^[6]

Personal life

She has three sons.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ANC Caucus GPL . 25 August 2021 . The ANC Caucus in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature wishes its Honorable Member Cde Alphina "Gogo" Ndlovana a Happy Birthday, wishing you many more years. . 2023-02-09 . Facebook . en.
2. Web site: 2021 . In Conversation with GPL Chairpersons . 2023-02-09 . Gauteng Legislature.
3. Web site: 1999-06-22 . SADTU raises hell in Mpumalanga . 2023-02-09 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
4. Web site: 23 July 2018 . ANC Gauteng province on the successful 13th provincial conference . 2023-01-15 . Polity . en.
5. Web site: Alphina Anna Ndlovana . 2023-02-09 . People's Assembly . en.
6. 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.