Mary-Ann Dunjwa | |
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Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health | |
In office 25 June 2014 – 7 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Bevan Goqwana [1] |
Succeeded by | Sibongiseni Dhlomo [2] |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 6 May 2009 | |
Constituency | Eastern Cape |
Personal details | |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | African National Congress |
Profession | Politician |
Mary-Ann Lindelwa Dunjwa is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress, she was elected to the National Assembly in 2009. After her re-election in 2014, she became the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health, a position she held until 2019, when she was elected Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.
Dunjwa is a member of the African National Congress. Prior to the 2009 general election, she was ranked 17th on the ANC's regional-to-national list. [3] At the election, she won a seat in the National Assembly. [4] [5] She was a member of the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology, a party whip, and the ANC's constituency contact for its Greenbushes constituency office during the 2009–2014 parliamentary term. [6]
Dunjwa was significantly moved up on the ANC's regional-to-national list for the 2014 general election. She topped the list, meaning that she was easily re-elected to parliament at the election. [7] She was then elected chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health. [8] In August 2015, Dunjwa voted for a report by the Minister of Police, Nathi Nhleko that exonerated President Jacob Zuma of paying any money towards the controversial multimillion-rand upgrades at the Nkandla homestead, his private home in KwaZulu-Natal. [9]
For the 2019 general election, Dunjwa was 6th on the ANC's regional-to-national list. [10] She was re-elected at the election and was then elected Chairperson of the newly established Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour. [11] [12]