Njabulo Bheka Nzuza (born 20 February 1982) is a South African politician from

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currently serving as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2019. Nzuza is a member of the

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Early life, education and early career

Nzuza was born on 20 February 1982. He holds a BCom in Economics from the

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and a certificate in corporate funding strategies: JSE. He worked as the economic development senior manager for the uThungulu District Municipality (now known as the King Cetshwayo District Municipality).

Political career

Nzuza served as the deputy regional chairperson of the

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in the Musa Dladla Region from 2001 to 2002. Between 2002 and 2004, he was a member of the Student Representative Council of the

. In 2004, he was elected provincial secretary of the

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(SASCO), a position he held until 2005. Nzuza served as the regional secretary of the ANC youth league in the Musa Dladla Region from 2013 to 2015. At the ANC youth league's elective conference in 2015, Nzuza was elected secretary-general. He was then made a member of the ANC's national executive committee (NEC). In 2018, he was elected to serve on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal. In that same year, he vacated the position of ANCYL Secretary-General.

National government

Nzuza was elected as a Member of Parliament in the

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in the 2019 national and provincial elections. on 29 May 2019, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Home Affairs by president

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Personal life

On 28 May 2020, Nzuza was hijacked in

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by at least two gunmen. They forced him to withdraw money at various ATMs before dropping him off in Mamelodi West. They then stole his blue Range Rover, two cellphones and his wallet. On 30 December 2020, the Minister of Home Affairs,

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, announced that Nzuza had tested positive for

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during the

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