Fikile Khumalo

Fikile Eunice Khumalo is a South African politician who has been an African National Congress Member of Parliament (MP) since 2020, and previously from 2009 to 2014.

Fikile Khumalo
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
23 June 2020
Preceded byBavelile Hlongwa
In office
6 May 2009 – 6 May 2014
Personal details
Born
Fikile Eunice Khumalo
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician
CommitteesPortfolio Committee on Transport
Portfolio Committee on Public Works

Parliamentary career

First term in parliament

Khumalo was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2009 parliamentary election from the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal list.[1] In the Fourth Parliament (2009–2014), she was a member of the Committee On Private Members' Legislative Proposals And Special Petitions, the Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and was the constituency contact for the ANC's Nquthu constituency office. Prior to the 2014 elections, Khumalo was not included on the ANC's parliamentary lists. She was the 58th candidate on the ANC list for the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.[2] The ANC won only 52 seats in the provincial legislature, declining Khumalo a seat.[3] She did not return to parliament.[4]

Second term in parliament

In 2019 Khumalo stood for the National Assembly again as a candidate on the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal list.[5] She was not elected to parliament at the election.[6] The Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Bavelile Hlongwa, died in a car accident in September 2019. The ANC appointed Khumalo to take up Hlongwa's seat in parliament and she was sworn in as an MP on 23 June 2020.[7] She now serves on the Portfolio Committee on Transport and the Portfolio Committee on Public Works.[8]

References
  1. "ANC MPs elected to national assembly on April 22 - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. "The ANC's 2014 election lists for provincial legislatures - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. "2014 elections: Members of KwaZulu-Natal legislature - POLITICS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. "2014 elections: List of ANC MPs elected to the National Assembly - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. "ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  7. ANC Parliament [@ANCParliament] (23 June 2020). "NEW ANC MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CDE FIKILE KHUMALO SWORN IN EARLIER TODAY t.co/wy0moT89zJ" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. "Fikile Eunice Khumalo". People's Assembly. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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