Dingaan Jacob Myolwa is a South African politician from the

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who was a

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for the

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(ANC). He was appointed to parliament in 2021. Myolwa had previously served as a member of the

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from 2013 to 2014 and before that, as mayor of the

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Background

Myolwa is a member of the

. He was a member of

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and while in exile in

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, he served in a military camp. He has international certificates in Local Government and administration. Myolwa served as an ANC PR councillor in the Ingquza Hill Local Municipality as well as in the

. He was the mayor of the OR Tambo District until his dismissal in 2013. Myolwa was sworn in as a member of the

for the ANC on 22 October 2013, replacing Mkhangeli Matomela. He was then appointed to serve on the local government & traditional affairs, sport, recreation, arts and culture, economic development and environmental affairs and tourism, public participation and petitions and wellness & enabling facilities committees. Myolwa stood for the

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in the 2014 general election as 23rd on the ANC's list of National Assembly candidates from the Eastern Cape. He was not elected to parliament. Myolwa stood for parliament again in

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as 21st on the ANC's list of parliamentary candidates from the Eastern Cape. He was not elected for the second time.

Parliamentary career

Following the death of Eastern Cape ANC MP Pumza Dyantyi from

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, Myolwa was selected to take up her seat in the National Assembly. He was sworn in on 27 January 2021. He served on the Standing Committee on Auditor General. He resigned from Parliament on 23 April 2024, a little more than a month from the 2024 general election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Myolwa, Dingaan Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Xhosa people African National Congress politicians Members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024