Mary-Ann Dunjwa
MP
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Preceded byPosition established
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health
In office
25 June 2014 – 7 May 2019
Preceded byBevan Goqwana[1]
Succeeded bySibongiseni Dhlomo[2]
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
6 May 2009
ConstituencyEastern Cape
Personal details
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Mary-Ann Lindelwa Dunjwa is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress, she was elected to the National Assembly in 2009. After her re-election in 2014, she became the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health, a position she held until 2019, when she was elected Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.

Political career

Dunjwa is a member of the African National Congress. Prior to the 2009 general election, she was ranked 17th on the ANC's regional-to-national list.[3] At the election, she won a seat in the National Assembly.[4][5] She was a member of the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology, a party whip, and the ANC's constituency contact for its Greenbushes constituency office during the 2009–2014 parliamentary term.[6]

Dunjwa was significantly moved up on the ANC's regional-to-national list for the 2014 general election. She topped the list, meaning that she was easily re-elected to parliament at the election.[7] She was then elected chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health.[8] In August 2015, Dunjwa voted for a report by the Minister of Police, Nathi Nhleko that exonerated President Jacob Zuma of paying any money towards the controversial multimillion-rand upgrades at the Nkandla homestead, his private home in KwaZulu-Natal.[9]

For the 2019 general election, Dunjwa was 6th on the ANC's regional-to-national list.[10] She was re-elected at the election and was then elected Chairperson of the newly established Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Election of Chairperson". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Election of Chairperson". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Duarte, Jessie (3 March 2009). "The ANC's full list of candidates (March 3)". Politicsweb. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "ANC MPs elected to national assembly on April 22". Politicsweb. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "List of national assembly MPs". Politicsweb. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Experience: Ms Mary-Ann Lindelwa Dunjwa". People's Assembly. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Hogg, Alec (12 March 2014). "ANC 2014 candidates for Election (with full list)". BizNews. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Election of Chairperson". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  9. ↑ Bromdeo, Aakash (23 August 2015). "The MPs who let Zuma off the hook". Independent Online (IOL). Johannesburg. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "ANC Candidate List 2019 ELECTIONS.pdf". ANC 1912. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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