Isaiah Ntshangase

Isaiah Boy Ntshangase (1 April 1966 – February 2001) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 until his death in 2001. A lionised figure in the ANC Youth League, he was provincial chairperson of the league's KwaZulu-Natal branch from 1996 to 2000. Before that, he was an activist in the South African Youth Congress.

Isaiah Ntshangase
Member of the National Assembly
In office
June 1999 – February 2001
ConstituencyKwaZulu-Natal
Personal details
Born
Isaiah Boy Ntshangase

(1966-04-01)1 April 1966
Pongola, Natal Province
South Africa
DiedFebruary 2001 (aged 34)
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Life and career

Ntshangase was born on 1 April 1966[1] in Pongola in the north of the former Natal Province.[2] He was an activist in the South African Youth Congress and served as provincial chairperson of the ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal from 1996 to 2000.[2][3]

While in his youth league office, Ntshangase was elected to the National Assembly in the 1999 general election; he joined the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal caucus.[1] He remained in his seat until his death in February 2001.[2] His seat was later filled by Albertina Luthuli.[4]

Memorials

In 2008, Walter Gilbert Street in eThekwini was renamed Isaiah Ntshangase Road.[5][6] Nathi Mthethwa addressed a memorial lecture held in his honour in 2019.[2]

References
  1. "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. "Cde Nathi Mthethwa to deliver the Isaiah Ntshangase Memorial Lecture at the Moses Mabhida Stadium". Polity. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. "How ANC protected warlord 'spy'". The Mail & Guardian. 7 November 1997. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. "The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. "Durban street renaming proposals". IOL. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  6. "Street name war 'gets nasty'". IOL. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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