Phumeza Mpushe MP | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 14 August 2020 | |
Preceded by | Zamuxolo Peter |
Constituency | Eastern Cape |
Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
In office 21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | African National Congress |
Profession | Politician |
Phumeza Theodora Mpushe is a South African politician who has been an African National Congress Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since August 2020. She had previously been a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature.
Mpushe was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in the 2014 provincial election as a member of the African National Congress. [1] On 27 February 2018, she was appointed as acting chairperson of the public works committee. [2]
Mpushe was twentieth on the ANC's list of parliamentary candidates from the Eastern Cape for the 2019 general election. [3] [4] She did not win a seat at the election, due to the ANC's electoral performance in the Eastern Cape. [5]
Following the death of Eastern ANC MP Zamuxolo Peter in July 2020, the ANC selected Mpushe to take up his seat in the National Assembly. [6] She was sworn in on 14 August 2020. Since becoming an MP, Mpushe has served on the Portfolio Committee on Tourism and the Standing Committee on Auditor General. [7]
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