Xolani Malamlela

Xolani Malamlela is a South African politician and trade unionist who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2019. He also serves as the Provincial Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in the Eastern Cape.

Xolani Malamlela
MPL
Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations		Congress of South African Trade Unions

Political career

In the 2014 general election, he stood for election to the national Parliament but was ranked 157th on the ANC's national party list and did not secure election to a seat.[1] In the next general election in 2019, he was ranked 21st on the ANC's provincial party list and was elected to a seat in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature.[1] After the election, he was elected to chair the legislature's Portfolio Committee on Roads and Transport.[1][2]

Malamlela is a former Provincial Secretary of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union, a Cosatu affiliate.[3][4] As of 2022,[5] he was Provincial Secretary of Cosatu, a close ANC ally.[6][7]

References
  1. "Xolani Malamlela". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  2. "Bhisho brings in new brooms to sweep clean". Daily Dispatch. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  3. "Classes at Walter Sisulu University disrupted again". News24. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  4. "Pupils suffer as Nehawu members down tools". Daily Dispatch. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  5. "Last-minute bid to unite Mabuyane and Madikizela factions at ANC conference fails". The Mail & Guardian. 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  6. ""Cosatu continues to be the voice of the poor"". SABC News. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  7. "Dlamini calls for unity to save Cosatu". Daily Dispatch. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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