Nomvuzo Shabalala

Nomvuzo Francisca Shabalala (29 April 1960 – 26 December 2020) was a South African politician. She was a member of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party. From 2011 to 2016 she was the deputy mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. In 2018, Shabalala was sworn in as a member of the National Assembly.

Nomvuzo Shabalala
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
14 August 2018 – 26 December 2020
Deputy Mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
In office
2011–2016
Preceded byLogie Naidoo
Succeeded byFawzia Peer
Personal details
Born29 April 1960
Died26 December 2020(2020-12-26) (aged 60)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
South African Communist Party
ProfessionPolitician

Education

Shabalala was born on 29 April 1960.[1] She only fulfilled grade eleven while she attended school.[2] She studied programming and word processing at Mangosuthu Technikon and then waste management at the Natal Technikon.[2] At the Durban Commercial College, she studied accounting and bookkeeping and advanced word processing.[2] Shabalala fulfilled a leadership course at the University of Pretoria.[2]

Political career

Shabalala served as the deputy chairperson of the ANC's Durban South region between 2001 and 2002.[2] In 2011, she was elected deputy mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, replacing Logie Naidoo.[3] The next year, she was elected to the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee.[2] Shabalala left the ANC PEC in 2015.[2] Also in 2015, Shabalala was elected as deputy provincial chairperson of the South African Communist Party.[2]

In February 2016, Shabalala said that the #FeesMustFall movement was a "political campaign funded by international forces that wanted to prove a point".[4] In August 2016, Fawzia Peer was elected to succeed her as deputy mayor of eThekwini.[5] Shabalala was elected to the Central Committee of the SACP at the party's 14th national congress in July 2017.[6] On 14 August 2018, Shabalala was sworn in as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly.[7] She was then made an alternate member of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs and a member of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.[8] Nomalungelo Gina replaced her as deputy provincial chair of the SACP at its provincial congress later on in August 2018.[9]

At the May 2019 general election, Shabalala was elected to a full term as a parliamentarian.[10] She was then assigned to the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members Interests and the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education.[2]

Death

Shabalala died from a COVID-19-related illness on 26 December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.[11][12][13]

References
  1. SACP mourns the passing of its Central Committee member Cde Nomvuzo Shabalala
  2. "Ms Nomvuzo Francisca Shabalala". Parliament of South Africa. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. "New Ethekwini Mayor Inaugurated". Durban.gov.za. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. Manda, Sihle (10 February 2016). "#FeesMustFall is a 'political campaign'". Durban. IOL. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. "Fawzia Peer new eThekwini deputy mayor". East Coast Radio. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  6. ANC MP and SACP central committee member Nomvuzo Shabalala has died
  7. Seven new ANC MPs sworn in
  8. "Experience: Nomvuzo Francisca Shabalala". People's Assembly. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. Mthethwa, Bongani (29 August 2018). "I've got no beef with Blade' says SACP KZN head Themba Mthembu". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  10. "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  11. "ANC MP Nomvuzo Francisca Shabalala dies of Covid-19-related illness".
  12. Hlophe, Nonkululeko. "Former eThekwini deputy mayor Shabalala passes away". SABC News. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  13. Ntuli, Nokuthula (26 December 2020). "Death of SA Communist Party KZN MP mourned". The Witness. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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