Robert Nogumla Explained

Party:African National Congress
Office1:Member of the National Assembly
Termstart1:April 2004
Termend1:May 2009
Citizenship:South Africa
Birth Date:1 August 1956
Birth Name:Robert Zamxolo Nogumla
Office2:Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Constituency1:Eastern Cape
Constituency Am2:Eastern Cape
Termstart2:May 1994
Termend2:June 1999

Robert Zamxolo Nogumla (born 1 August 1956)[1] is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he served terms in the National Council of Provinces, the National Assembly, and the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature.

Political career

In the 1994 general election, Nogumla was elected to an ANC seat in the Eastern Cape caucus of the Senate of South Africa;[2] he remained in his seat after the Senate was relaunched as the National Council of Provinces under the 1996 Constitution.[3] In the next general election in 1999, he was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature,[4] where he served for a single term until, in 2004, he was elected to the National Assembly, representing the Eastern Cape constituency. In 2006, he pled guilty in the trial resulting from the Travelgate scandal.[5]

In 2021 he became mayor of OR Tambo District Municipality. He previously served as deputy mayor.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 20 April 2004 . General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 466 . 2677 . 4–95 . 26 March 2021.
  2. Book: South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994 . . 1994 . 13 April 2023 . Yumpu.
  3. Web site: 13 November 1998 . Members of the National Council of Provinces . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19981205042128/http://www.parliament.gov.za/ncop/ . 1998-12-05 . 2023-05-17 . Parliament of South Africa.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: 2006-10-16 . Travelgate: 14 plead guilty . 2023-06-11 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  6. Web site: Dayimani . Malibongwe . Sacking of mayor an indication of 'political instability, chaos' in Eastern Cape municipality . 2023-06-11 . News24 . en-US.