Njabulo Ricardo Mthembu (1970 – 8 July 2020) was a South African politician.

Career

He was a member of the

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and a representative of the party in the

KwaZulu-Natal Legislature The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is unicameral in its composition and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the leading party or coalition members ...

from 2019 to 2020. Mthembu served on the legislature's Portfolio Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Between 2011 and 2019, he served as the Executive Mayor of the

KwaDukuza Local Municipality KwaDukuza Local Municipality is one of four municipalities under iLembe District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. As of 2022 it has a population of 324,912. Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following ma ...

. He was also the ANC provincial spokesperson and a member of both the party's Provincial Executive Committee and the Provincial Working Committee. Mthembu died from

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during the

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on 8 July 2020. He is survived by his wife, five daughters and a son.

References

External links

Njabulo Ricardo Mthembu – People's Assembly
African National Congress politicians Members of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Zulu people 1970 births 2020 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa {{KwaZuluNatal-politician-stub