Nonceba Kontsiwe Explained

Nonceba Kontsiwe
Honorific-Suffix:MPL
Office:Eastern Cape MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform
Premier:Oscar Mabuyane
Term Start:21 June 2024
Predecessor:Nonkqubela Pieters
Office1:Eastern Cape MEC for Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture
Premier1:Oscar Mabuyane
Term Start1:16 August 2022
Term End1:14 June 2024
Predecessor1:Fezeka Nkomonye-Bayeni
Successor1:Sibulele Ngongo
Office2:Eastern Cape MEC for Human Settlements
Premier2:Oscar Mabuyane
Term Start2:9 March 2021
Term End2:16 August 2022
Predecessor2:Nonkqubela Pieters
Successor2:Siphokazi Mani-Lusithi
Party:African National Congress

Nonceba Kontsiwe is a South African politician and a veteran African National Congress (ANC) member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. On 9 March 2021, Kontsiwe was appointed as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) responsible for Human Settlements by premier Oscar Mabuyane.[1] [2] During a cabinet reshuffle on 16 August 2022, Kontsiwe was appointed as the MEC for Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture.[3] She was appointed MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform after the 2024 general election.[4]

Kontsiwe was born in Ntabethemba. She was elected to the provincial legislature in 2014.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Nemakonde . Vhahangwele . Mabuyane replaces Gomba in E Cape cabinet reshuffle . 29 June 2021 . The Citizen . 9 March 2021.
  2. News: Nini . Asanda . Premier names new EC health, human settlements and rural development MECs . 29 June 2021 . DispatchLIVE . 9 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Macupe . Bongekile . Mabuyane reshuffles Eastern Cape cabinet and boots out MECs aligned to Madikizela . 2022-08-18 . Citypress . en-US.
  4. Web site: Velaphi . Sithandiwe . 'No time for celebration, our people are jobless': Eastern Cape Premier Mabuyane names new cabinet . 2024-06-25 . News24 . en-US.
  5. News: Dayimani . Malibongwe . Cabinet reshuffle: New Eastern Cape health MEC tasked with stabilising struggling department . 29 June 2021 . News24 . 9 March 2021.