Lewis Nzimande Explained

Party:	African National Congress
Office1:	Member of the National Assembly
Termstart1:	June 1999
Termend1:	6 May 2009
Office:	Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Termstart:	7 May 2009
Termend:	7 May 2019
Citizenship:	South Africa
Constituency:	KwaZulu-Natal

Lewis Paul Musawenkosi Nzimande is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Council of Provinces from 2009 to 2019.^[1] Before that he served in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009.^{[2] [3]}

During his second term in the National Council of Provinces, from 2015 to 2019, Nzimande co-chaired Parliament's Joint Committee on Constitutional Review, which considered – and ultimately recommended in favour of – amending Section 25 of the Constitution to provide for land expropriation without compensation.^{[4] [5]} His co-chair was Vincent Smith of the National Assembly.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lewis Paul Musawenkosi Nzimande . 2023-04-09 . People's Assembly . en.
2. 11 June 1999 . General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 408 . 20203 . 26 March 2021.
3. 20 April 2004 . General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 466 . 2677 . 4–95 . 26 March 2021.
4. Web site: 2018-12-05 . Land constitutional amendment recommendation gets greenlight from NCOP . 2023-04-09 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
5. Web site: 6 September 2018 . ‘Biggest historic fallacy’ of our time is that whites stole the land – AfriForum . 2023-04-09 . News24 . en-US.
6. Web site: 26 March 2015 . Election of co-chairpersons . 2023-04-09 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group . en.