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Andisiwe Kumbaca

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Andisiwe Kumbaca
Member of the National Assembly
Assembly Member
for Eastern Cape
Assumed office
14 June 2024
Personal details
Born (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 31)
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Andisiwe Nangamso Kumbaca (born 3 September 1992) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she was elected to her first term in the National Assembly in the May 2024 general election. She is a member of the national executive committee of the ANC Youth League.

Early life

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Kumbaca was born on 3 September 1992.[1]

Political career

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At the end of August 2022, Buffalo City mayor Xola Pakati appointed Kumbaca as a member of the interim board of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Development Agency.[2]

In July 2023 she attended the national elective congress of the ANC Youth League, held at Nasrec in Johannesburg. She was elected as a member of the league's national executive committee.[3][4]

She stood as a parliamentary candidate in the May 2024 general election, ranked 16th on the ANC's party list for the Eastern Cape constituency.[1] Pursuant to the election she joined the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament. She was appointed as a member of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation and Portfolio Committee on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Final Candidate Lists for 2024 National and Provincial Elections: Regional Candidates" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ "More questions around 'illegal' appointment of development agency's interim board". Daily Dispatch. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Youth League will ensure ANC wins 2024 election, says Kumbaca". Daily Dispatch. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Infighting ahead of ANCYL congress cost Eastern Cape". Daily Dispatch. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Andisiwe Nangamso Kumbaca". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
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