Mpumelelo Saziwa Explained

Office:	Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Party:	African National Congress
Termstart:	21 May 2014
Honorific Suffix:	MPL
Citizenship:	South Africa
Otherparty:	Congress of South African Trade Unions South African Communist Party

Mpumelelo Saziwa is a South African politician and trade unionist who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2014. He also serves as the Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape and he was formerly the Provincial Chairperson of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).

Political career

Saziwa was formerly the Deputy Provincial Chairperson^[1] and then the Provincial Chairperson^[2] of Cosatu in the Eastern Cape; he represented the South African Democratic Teachers' Union in the congress.

In the 2014 general election, while he was still serving as Cosatu provincial chair, Saziwa was elected to an ANC seat in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature,^{[3] [4]} ranked 40th on the ANC's provincial party list.^[5] He was re-elected to the provincial legislature in the 2019 general election, ranked 33rd. After the 2019 election, he was also elected to chair the legislature's Portfolio Committee on Education.^{[6] [7]}

Saziwa is also the Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the SACP in the Eastern Cape, serving under Provincial Chairperson Mzoleli Mrara; he was re-elected unopposed to that position in June 2022.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: COSATU Secretariat Report to the Ninth National Congress . 2006 . 49 . 16 February 2023 . Politicsweb.
2. Book: 11th COSATU Congress Secretariat Report . 24 August 2012 . 58 . 16 February 2023 . Politicsweb.
3. Web site: 20 June 2014 . Cosatu leaders to sort out factions in Eastern Cape . 2023-02-16 . Herald . en-ZA.
4. Web site: 29 May 2014 . Statement by the Congress of South African Trade Unions, on Central Executive Committee held on 26-28 May 2014 . 2023-02-16 . Polity . en.
5. Web site: Mpumelelo Saziwa . 2023-02-16 . People's Assembly . en.
6. Web site: 30 May 2019 . Bhisho brings in new brooms to sweep clean . 2023-02-16 . Daily Dispatch . en-ZA.
7. Web site: 3 February 2022 . Bhisho education oversight group chased away from schools . 2023-02-16 . Daily Dispatch . en-ZA.
8. Web site: 6 June 2022 . SACP to lead big campaign on right to work, food . 2023-02-14 . Sowetan . en-ZA.