Thandiwe Rose Marry Zungu (born 9 August 1960) is a South African politician and a former Member of Parliament (MP) for 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 ...

from

KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) is a Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu people, Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu language, Zulu) and ...

Early life and education

Zungu was born on 9 August 1960. She holds a certificate in management and a certificate in leadership from the

Durban University of Technology The Durban University of Technology (DUT) is a multi-campus university situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was formed in 2002 following the merger of Technikon Natal and ML Sultan Technikon and it was initially known as the Durban In ...

Political career

A member of the

, she was elected as the treasurer of the party's Moses Mabhida region in 1989. In 2008 she was elected as a member of the ANC's regional executive committee and regional working committee. Zungu became a member of the provincial executive committee of the

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in 2017.

Parliament

Zungu stood as an ANC parliamentary candidate from

in the 2019 national elections and was elected to the

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and sworn in on 22 May 2019. On 27 June 2019, Zungu became a member of the National Assembly's Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation. She was named to the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on 5 September 2019. She did not stand in the 2024 general election and left parliament as a consequence.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zungu, Thandiwe Living people 1960 births Zulu people Politicians from KwaZulu-Natal Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024 Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa African National Congress politicians