Jabulile Mkhwanazi

South African politician (b. 1975)

Jabulile Mkhwanazi MP

Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019
Constituency	KwaZulu-Natal

Personal details
Born	Jabulile Cynthia Nightingale Mkhwanazi (1975-02-27) 27 February 1975 (age 49)
Nationality	South African
Political party	African National Congress

Jabulile Cynthia Nightingale Mkhwanazi (born 27 February 1975) is a South African African National Congress politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from KwaZulu-Natal since 2019.

Political career

Mkhwanazi served as an African National Congress proportional representation councillor (PR) in the Newcastle Local Municipality.^[1]

Politics

For the general election on May 8, 2019, Mkhwanazi was the twelfth candidate on the ANC's list of National Assembly candidates from KwaZulu-Natal.^[2] The ANC won 24 regional seats in KwaZulu-Natal and Mkhwanazi was elected to the National Assembly.^[3] She was sworn into office on May 22, during the first sitting of the National Assembly following the election.^[4] Mkhwanazi became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on 27 June 2019.^[5]

In 2019, she had an 88% committee attendance rate as a Member of Parliament (14 meetings out of 16) and in 2020, she had a 92% committee attendance rate (24 meetings out of 26).^[6]

References

^ "Local Government: Municipal Structures Act: Re-composition of municipal councils" (PDF). Government of South Africa. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections". Politicsweb. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ Bhengu, Cebelihle (14 May 2019). "Here's what's next post elections: Swearing-in of MPs and presidential inauguration". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "Announcements, tablings and committee reports" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "Jabulile Cynthia Nightingale Mkhwanazi". People's Assembly. Retrieved 21 July 2021.