Mary-Ann Dunjwa

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.

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
Personal details
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

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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