Lindelwa Dunjwa Explained

Lindelwa Dunjwa
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Chairperson of the Joint Multi-Party Women's Caucus
Term Start1:1 November 2024
Predecessor1:Kate Bilankulu
Office2:Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Term Start2:10 July 2024
Term End2:23 October 2024
Predecessor2:Claudia Ndaba
Successor2:Liezl van der Merwe
Office3:Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour
Term Start3:2 July 2019
Term End3:28 May 2024
Predecessor3:Position established
Successor3:Boyce Maneli
Office4:Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health
Term Start4:25 June 2014
Term End4:7 May 2019
Predecessor4:Bevan Goqwana[1]
Successor4:Sibongiseni Dhlomo[2]
Office5:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start5:6 May 2009
Constituency5: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. She was re-elected to Parliament in the 2024 general election and then elected to chair the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities before she was elected chairperson of the Chairperson of the Joint Multi-Party Women's Caucus.

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] Dunjwa was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2024 general election.[13] She was elected chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities afterwards.[14] She resigned as chair of the committee in October 2024 and was elected to chair the Joint Multi-Party Women's Caucus.[15]

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.
  13. Web site: The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS Politicsweb . 2024-11-29 . www.politicsweb.co.za . en.
  14. Web site: Election of Chairperson; Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Annual Performance Plan 2024/25; with Ministry PMG . 2024-11-29 . pmg.org.za . en.
  15. Web site: Parliament of South Africa (via Public) / Media Statement: Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament Elects Co-chairpersons . 2024-11-29 . www.publicnow.com.