Judith Tshabalala (born 30 March 1982) is a South African politician from

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. A member of the

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, she has been the Deputy Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources since July 2024. She was formerly the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation from March 2023 to July 2024. Tshabalala has served as a

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since 2019, and previously from 2011 to 2014. She is a member of the

Parliamentary career

Tshabalala is a member of the

. She entered the

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on 19 October 2011 as a replacement for

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. During her first term, she was assigned to both the Standing Committee on Finance and the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture. In July 2013, she became a member of the ad hoc committee on the Appointment of the Auditor General. She was not elected to a full term in the 2014 general election, as she was ranked low on the ANC's regional-to-national list. In May 2019, Tshabalala was elected to return to the National Assembly. From June 2019, she was a member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises.

National government

In a cabinet reshuffle on 6 March 2023, Tshabalala was appointed Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation by president

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. She replaced Dikeledi Magadzi who was dismissed from government.

Personal life

In February 2020, Tshabalala was hijacked at her home in

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. She was then taken hostage and dropped off unharmed in Eden Park, Alberton.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tshabalala, Judith Living people 1982 births Politicians from Gauteng Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2009–2014 Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa African National Congress politicians