Nomsa Mtsweni

Nomsa Sammy Mtsweni is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and the National Assembly, including as a Member of the Mpumalanga Executive Council from 2004 to 2007 and from 2014 to 2016. She has also served as Mayor of Thembisile Hani Local Municipality and Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality.

Nomsa Mtsweni
Member of the Mpumalanga Executive Council for Social Development
In office
May 2014 – August 2016
PremierDavid Mabuza
Preceded byCandith Mashego-Dlamini (for Health and Social Development)
Succeeded byBusi Shiba
Member of the Mpumalanga Executive Council for Culture, Sport and Recreation
In office
January 2005 – February 2007
PremierThabang Makwetla
Preceded byMadala Masuku
Succeeded byJabu Mahlangu
Member of the Mpumalanga Executive Council for Agriculture and Land Administration
In office
May 2004 – January 2005
PremierThabang Makwetla
Succeeded byMadala Masuku
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Political career

Mtsweni formerly represented the ANC in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament.[1] In the 2004 general election, she was elected to an ANC seat in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature. Premier Thabang Makwetla also appointed her to the Mpumalanga Executive Council, where she served as a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture and Land Administration.[1] She held that position for less than a year before, in January 2005, she was named as MEC for Culture, Sport and Recreation.[2] In February 2007, in another reshuffle, Makwetla fired her from the Executive Council altogether.[3] She remained an ordinary Member of the Provincial Legislature.[4]

Mtsweni subsequently left the legislature and did not return until the 2014 general election, in which she was ranked ninth on the ANC's provincial party list.[5] After the election, Premier David Mabuza appointed her to his second-term cabinet as MEC for Social Development.[6] However, her tenure was again short-lived: she stood as a candidate in the 2016 local elections and was elected as Executive Mayor of Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, necessitating her departure from the provincial legislature.[7] Her portfolio in the Executive Council was transferred to Busi Shiba.[8]

As of 2022, Mtsweni was the Executive Mayor of Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality.[9]

References
  1. "Mpuma premier promises service". News24. 3 May 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. "Mpumalanga shake-up was premier's prerogative". Independent Online. 17 January 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. "T Makwetla on Cabinet reshuffle". South African Government. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. "Premier's reshuffle seen as 'reward'". The Mail & Guardian. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. "Nomsa Sanny Mtsweni". People's Assembly. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  6. "Statement by Hon. Premier DD Mabuza on the new Executive Council of Mpumalanga province". South African Government. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  7. Yende, Sizwe sama (10 August 2016). "Cabinet reshuffle on the cards for Mpumalanga". City Press. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. "Provincial ANC deploys two MECs to local municipalities". Lowvelder. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  9. "DA says former municipal manager implicated in VBS saga should not be employed in similar position". DispatchLIVE. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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