Nomvula Hlangwana Explained

Party:African National Congress
Termstart1:1996
Termend1:2003
Citizenship:South Africa
Office:Member of the National Assembly
Termstart:June 2007
Termend:May 2009
Constituency:North West
Office2:Member of the North West Provincial Legislature
Termstart2:April 2006
Termend2:June 2007
Termstart3:1994
Termend3:1996
Birth Date:11 October 1951

Nomvula Lillian Hlangwana (born 11 October 1951) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1996 to 2003 and later from 2007 to 2009. She also sat in the North West Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 1996 and from 2006 to 2007, and she was the Mayor of Mafikeng from 2003 to 2006. She is a former member of the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in the North West.

Legislative career: 1994–2009

After the end of apartheid in 1994, Hlangwana represented the ANC in the North West Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 1996.[1] In 1996, she was transferred to a seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament, where she filled a casual vacancy in the ANC caucus.[2] She was elected to a full term in the National Assembly in the next general election in 1999.[3]

However, she resigned towards the end in the legislative term, in mid-2003, when she replaced Johanna-Jane Matsomela as Mayor of Mafikeng.[4] She remained in the mayoral office until the 2006 local elections. On 18 April 2006, she was sworn back in to the North West Provincial Legislature, filling a casual vacancy. At that time she was also a member of the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in the North West. The following year, on 25 June 2007, she left the provincial legislature to join the National Assembly again, where she filled the vacancy in the ANC's North West caucus arising from the resignation of Nono Maloyi.[5] She left Parliament after the 2009 general election.

Personal life

During the ANC's 52nd National Conference in December 2007, Hlangwana was hospitalised with extreme back pain.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 18 April 2006 . North West Provincial Legislature swears in three new members . 2023-04-21 . South African Government.
  2. Web site: 1998-06-03 . Members of the National Assembly . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19980628034746/http://www.parliament.gov.za/mps/mps.html . 1998-06-28 . 2023-04-12 . Parliament of South Africa.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: 26 June 2003 . Mysterious document 'theft' . 2023-04-21 . News24 . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2009-01-15 . National Assembly Members . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514071402/http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 . 14 May 2009 . 2023-04-08 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
  6. News: 18 December 2007 . Conference takes heavy toll on MP . IOL . 21 April 2023.