Jabulile Mkhwanazi Explained

Jabulile Mkhwanazi
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:22 May 2019
Constituency1:KwaZulu-Natal
Birthname:Jabulile Cynthia Nightingale Mkhwanazi
Birth Date:27 February 1975
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress

Jabulile Cynthia Nightingale Mkhwanazi (born 27 February 1975) is a South African African National Congress politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from KwaZulu-Natal since 2019.

Political career

Mkhwanazi served as an African National Congress proportional representation councillor (PR) in the Newcastle Local Municipality.[1]

Politics

For the general election on May 8, 2019, Mkhwanazi was the twelfth candidate on the ANC's list of National Assembly candidates from KwaZulu-Natal.[2] The ANC won 24 regional seats in KwaZulu-Natal and Mkhwanazi was elected to the National Assembly.[3] She was sworn into office on May 22, during the first sitting of the National Assembly following the election.[4] Mkhwanazi became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on 27 June 2019.[5]

In 2019, she had an 88% committee attendance rate as a Member of Parliament (14 meetings out of 16) and in 2020, she had a 92% committee attendance rate (24 meetings out of 26).[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local Government: Municipal Structures Act: Re-composition of municipal councils . . 21 July 2021.
  2. Web site: ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections . Politicsweb . 21 July 2021 . 17 March 2019.
  3. News: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures . 21 July 2021 . News24 . 15 May 2019.
  4. News: Bhengu . Cebelihle . Here's what's next post elections: Swearing-in of MPs and presidential inauguration . 21 July 2021 . TimesLIVE . 14 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Announcements, tablings and committee reports . . 21 July 2021 . 27 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Jabulile Cynthia Nightingale Mkhwanazi . People's Assembly . 21 July 2021.