Thandiwe Zungu | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa |
Constituency: | KwaZulu-Natal |
Term Start: | 22 May 2019 |
Birthname: | Thandiwe Rose Marry Zungu |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1960 |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | African National Congress |
Alma Mater: | Durban University of Technology |
Occupation: | Member of Parliament |
Profession: | Politician |
Thandiwe Rose Marry Zungu (born 9 August 1960) is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress from KwaZulu-Natal.
Zungu was born on 9 August 1960. She holds a certificate in management and a certificate in leadership from the Durban University of Technology.[1]
A member of the African National Congress, she was elected as the treasurer of the party's Moses Mabhida region in 1989. In 2008 she was elected as a member of the ANC's regional executive committee and regional working committee. Zungu became a member of the provincial executive committee of the African National Congress Women's League in 2017.
Zungu stood as an ANC parliamentary candidate from KwaZulu-Natal in the 2019 national elections and was elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019.[2] [3] [4] [5]
On 27 June 2019, Zungu became a member of the National Assembly's Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation.[6] She was named to the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on 5 September 2019.[7]