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Mandla Padney Ndlovu (born 21 September 1969) is a South African politician who has served as the sixth Premier of Mpumalanga since June 2024. Between October 2022 and June 2024, he served as
Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Nguni languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It shares bor ...
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Member of the Executive Council In South Africa, the Executive Council of a province is the cabinet of the provincial government. The Executive Council consists of the Premier and five to ten other members,'' Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996'', Chapter 6: "P ...
(MEC) for Public Works, Roads and Transport. He previously served as the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs May 2022 until October 2022. He has been a member of the
Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature The Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (MPL), previously known as the Eastern Transvaal Legislature, is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Mpumalanga. The First Legislature was inaugurated in May 1994 as the Eastern Tr ...
since May 2022. Ndlovu is the provincial chairperson of the
African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, fir ...
in Mpumalanga.


Background

Ndlovu studied to become an educator he is from the Tsonga tribe. He served as an ANC councillor and as a member of the mayoral committee (MMC) at the
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality Bushbuckridge Municipality (; ) is a Local municipality (South Africa), local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Commercial farming, which consists of pine and bluegum plantations, ...
. He was the regional secretary of the ANC's Bohlabelo region, which is now part of the ANC's Ehlanzeni region. At the ANC's provincial elective conference in December 2015, he was elected as the provincial secretary of the party. After ANC provincial chairperson David Mabuza resigned from the position to take up the position of national ANC deputy president in early 2018, Ndlovu was appointed to serve as the acting provincial chairperson until the next provincial elective conference. On 2 April 2022, Ndlovu was elected as the ANC's provincial chairperson for a full term. He defeated former provincial secretary, Lucky Ndinisa, for the position with 440 votes to Ndinisa's 278 votes.


Provincial government

On 3 May 2022, the provincial ANC announced that Ndlovu would be taking up the newly elected provincial secretary Muzi Chirwa's seat in the
Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature The Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (MPL), previously known as the Eastern Transvaal Legislature, is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Mpumalanga. The First Legislature was inaugurated in May 1994 as the Eastern Tr ...
since Chirwa resigned to serve as the provincial secretary full-time. He was sworn in as an MPL on 5 May 2022. On 10 May 2022, Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane announced that she had appointed Ndlovu as the
Member of the Executive Council In South Africa, the Executive Council of a province is the cabinet of the provincial government. The Executive Council consists of the Premier and five to ten other members,'' Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996'', Chapter 6: "P ...
(MEC) for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, replacing Busisiwe Shiba, who was moved to the agriculture portfolio. On 7 October 2022, Mtsweni-Tsipane conducted a reshuffle of her executive. Ndlovu was moved to the Public Works, Roads and Transport portfolio, succeeding Mohita Latchminarain, who had been dropped from the executive council. On 14 June 2024, Ndlovu was elected Premier of Mpumalanga. He was sworn in on 18 June 2024.


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Mandla Padney Ndlovu
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