Nombulelo Hermans

Nombulelo Lilian Hermans (1 January 1970 - 18 January 2021) was a South African politician of the African National Congress who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 until her death in 2021.

Nombulelo Hermans
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
13 June 2019 – 18 January 2021
Personal details
Born(1970-01-01)1 January 1970
South Africa
Died18 January 2021(2021-01-18) (aged 51)
South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Political career

In 1985, Hermans joined the Colesberg Youth Organisation. After apartheid, she was involved with the establishment of the African National Congress branch in Colesberg. Hermans was elected to the ANC's Pixley ka Seme regional executive committee in 2002 and served on the regional working committee. Hermans was later elected as ANC regional treasurer before becoming regional deputy chairperson. She also served on the provincial executive committee and the provincial working committee of the ANC in the Northern Cape.[1]

Hermans was Executive Mayor of the Umsobomvu Local Municipality (seat: Colesberg) for two terms and was speaker of the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality. She also served as the second deputy chairperson of the South African Local Government Association.[1]

Parliamentary career

Hermans was placed 111th on the party's national list for the 8 May 2019 general election;[2] this was not high enough for her to win a seat in the National Assembly at the election as the ANC won 108 seats from the national list, however, Sylvia Lucas declined her seat and the ANC chose Hermans as her replacement.[3][4] She was sworn in on 13 June 2019, just over a month after the election.[5]

On 27 June 2019, Hermans was named to the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.[6] She became a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence in October 2019.[7]

Death

Hermans died from COVID-19 complications on 18 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.[8]

References
  1. Kwon Hoo, Sandi (19 January 2021). "Northern Cape ANC mourns death of MP Nombulelo Hermans". Diamond Fields Advertiser. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. "ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections". Politicsweb. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. "National" (PDF). www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. "As on 22 October2020" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. @ParliamentofRSA (13 June 2019). "Ms Nombulelo Lilian Hermans was also sworn in as a Member of Parliament today. #6thParliament" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. "announcements, tablings and committee reports - APRAV" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. "Parliament finally has a intelligence watchdog". The Citizen. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. "ANC MP Nombulelo Hermans dies from COVID-19 complications". Eyewitness News. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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