Alphina Ndlovana
Alphina Anna "Gogo" Ndlovana (born 25 August 1957) is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. A teacher by training, she was formerly a local councilor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and, before that, a public servant in the Mpumalanga Department of Education.
Alphina Ndlovana | |
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| Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 August 1957 Mamelodi, Transvaal Union of South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Pretoria University of Johannesburg |
Early life and career
Ndlovana was born on 25 August[1] 1957 in Mamelodi.[2] She became politically active through the anti-apartheid movement while a student at Vlakfontein High School. While teaching at Rethabile High School in Mamelodi, she became co-founder of Mamelodi Teachers Union.[2] In addition to her teaching certificate, she has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Pretoria and a Master's degree in educational management from the University of Johannesburg.[2]
After the end of apartheid in 1994, she was recruited to the Mpumalanga Department of Education,[2] where she rose to a senior position as an education specialist.[3] Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza suspended her from the department in mid-1999 after an internal inquiry found that she was partly responsible for fraudulently inflating the province's matric results by 20%.[3]
Political career
Ndlovana formerly served as a proportional-representation councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.[2] She is an active member of the ANC Women's League in Gauteng,[2] and she was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Gauteng branch in July 2018.[4] In the general election the following year, she was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, ranked 14th on the ANC's provincial party list.[5] She was re-elected to the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in 2022.[6]
Personal life
She has three sons.[2]
References
- ANC Caucus GPL (25 August 2021). "The ANC Caucus in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature wishes its Honorable Member Cde Alphina "Gogo" Ndlovana a Happy Birthday, wishing you many more years". Facebook. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- "In Conversation with GPL Chairpersons". Gauteng Legislature. 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- "SADTU raises hell in Mpumalanga". The Mail & Guardian. 1999-06-22. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- "ANC Gauteng province on the successful 13th provincial conference". Polity. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- "Alphina Anna Ndlovana". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- Banda, Michelle (2022-07-11). "ANC Gauteng elects PEC members as new chair Panyaza Lesufi calls for party unity". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-01-15.