Gumani Mukwevho

Gumani Tania Mukwevho is a South African politician who was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from August to November 2021. Mukwevho is a member of the African National Congress.

Gumani Tania Mukwevho
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
25 August 2021 – 19 November 2021
Preceded byJoyce Maluleke
Succeeded byRefiloe Mothapo
ConstituencyLimpopo
Personal details
Born
Gumani Tania Mukwevho
Political partyAfrican National Congress
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Political career

Mukwevho is a member of the African National Congress. She was placed sixteenth on the ANC's list of candidates from Limpopo for the National Assembly in 2019,[1] but was not elected due to her low ranking on the list.[2]

In April 2021, Mukwevho was one of 35 people who were appointed by the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress to serve on the African National Congress Youth League National Youth Task Team to try and revive the youth league. The ANC disbanded the youth league in 2018 after it failed to elect new leadership amid infighting.[3][4]

Parliamentary career

Following the death of Limpopo ANC MP Joyce Maluleke in July 2021, the ANC selected Mukwevho to take up her seat in the National Assembly since she was the next person on the ANC's candidate list. She was sworn in on 25 August.[5] On 27 August, she became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation and the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and People with Disabilities.[6]

On 19 November 2021, she resigned from the National Assembly as she was the ANC's mayoral candidate for the Makhado Local Municipality.[7] ANC infighting and divisions resulted in incumbent mayor Samuel Munyai being re-elected.[8]

References
  1. "ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. "ANCYL National Youth Task Team established – ANC - POLITICS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. Manaleng, Palesa. "These are the 35 people tasked with reviving the ANC Youth League". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. @ANCParliament (25 August 2021). "5 August 2021 The @ANCParliament welcomes two newly signed in members of @ParliamentofRSA, Cdes Michael Masutha & Tania Mukwevho. Their swearing in follows the passing of Cdes Joyce Maluleke and Comrade Tshoganetso Mpho Tongwane. We wish them well on their new deployment" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. "Announcements, tablings and committee reports" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. "Zoutnet | News | Some new faces may be seen in robes of mayors". www.zoutnet.co.za. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  8. "Zoutnet | News | Infighting delays election of Makhado mayor for hours". www.zoutnet.co.za. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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