Lindelwa Dunjwa Explained

Mary-Ann Dunjwa
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour
Term Start:2 July 2019
Predecessor:Position established
Office1:Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health
Term Start1:25 June 2014
Term End1:7 May 2019
Predecessor1:Bevan Goqwana[1]
Successor1:Sibongiseni Dhlomo[2]
Office2:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start2:6 May 2009
Constituency2:Eastern Cape
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress
Profession:Politician

Mary-Ann Lindelwa Dunjwa is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress, she was elected to the National Assembly in 2009. After her re-election in 2014, she became the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health, a position she held until 2019, when she was elected Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.

Political career

Dunjwa is a member of the African National Congress. Prior to the 2009 general election, she was ranked 17th on the ANC's regional-to-national list.[3] At the election, she won a seat in the National Assembly.[4] [5] She was a member of the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology, a party whip, and the ANC's constituency contact for its Greenbushes constituency office during the 2009–2014 parliamentary term.[6]

Dunjwa was significantly moved up on the ANC's regional-to-national list for the 2014 general election. She topped the list, meaning that she was easily re-elected to parliament at the election.[7] She was then elected chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health.[8] In August 2015, Dunjwa voted for a report by the Minister of Police, Nathi Nhleko that exonerated President Jacob Zuma of paying any money towards the controversial multimillion-rand upgrades at the Nkandla homestead, his private home in KwaZulu-Natal.[9]

For the 2019 general election, Dunjwa was 6th on the ANC's regional-to-national list.[10] She was re-elected at the election and was then elected Chairperson of the newly established Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election of Chairperson . Parliamentary Monitoring Group . 21 December 2020 . 27 May 2009.
  2. Web site: Election of Chairperson . Parliamentary Monitoring Group . 21 December 2020 . 2 July 2019. subscription.
  3. Web site: Duarte . Jessie . The ANC's full list of candidates (March 3) . Politicsweb . 22 December 2020 . 3 March 2009.
  4. Web site: ANC MPs elected to national assembly on April 22 . Politicsweb . 22 December 2020 . 29 April 2009.
  5. Web site: List of national assembly MPs . Politicsweb . 22 December 2020.
  6. Web site: Experience: Ms Mary-Ann Lindelwa Dunjwa . People's Assembly . 22 December 2020.
  7. Web site: Hogg . Alec . ANC 2014 candidates for Election (with full list) . BizNews . 22 December 2020 . 12 March 2014.
  8. Web site: Election of Chairperson . Parliamentary Monitoring Group . 22 December 2020.
  9. News: Bromdeo . Aakash . The MPs who let Zuma off the hook . 22 December 2020 . Independent Online (IOL) . 23 August 2015 . Johannesburg.
  10. Web site: ANC Candidate List 2019 ELECTIONS.pdf . ANC 1912 . 22 December 2020.
  11. News: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures . 22 December 2020 . News24 . 15 May 2019.
  12. Web site: ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS . Parliament of South Africa . 22 December 2020.

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