Isaiah Ntshangase | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office June 1999 – February 2001 | |
Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
Personal details | |
Born | Isaiah Boy Ntshangase 1 April 1966 Pongola, Natal Province South Africa |
Died | February 2001 (aged 34) |
Political party | African National Congress |
Isaiah Boy Ntshangase (1 April 1966 – February 2001) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 until his death in 2001. A lionised figure in the ANC Youth League, he was provincial chairperson of the league's KwaZulu-Natal branch from 1996 to 2000. Before that, he was an activist in the South African Youth Congress.
Ntshangase was born on 1 April 1966 [1] in Pongola in the north of the former Natal Province. [2] He was an activist in the South African Youth Congress and served as provincial chairperson of the ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal from 1996 to 2000. [2] [3]
While in his youth league office, Ntshangase was elected to the National Assembly in the 1999 general election; he joined the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal caucus. [1] He remained in his seat until his death in February 2001. [2] His seat was later filled by Albertina Luthuli. [4]
In 2008, Walter Gilbert Street in eThekwini was renamed Isaiah Ntshangase Road. [5] [6] Nathi Mthethwa addressed a memorial lecture held in his honour in 2019. [2]