Samuel Dickenson Nxumalo | |
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3rd Chief Minister of Gazankulu | |
In office 1 April 1993 – 26 April 1994 | |
Preceded by | Edward Mhinga |
Succeeded by | None |
Personal details | |
Died | 7 March 2015 Magona, Limpopo, South Africa [1] |
Samuel Dickenson Nxumalo (1926 – 7 March 2015) was the third and last Chief Minister of Gazankulu, [2] a former bantustan in apartheid-era South Africa. He served as Chief Minister from 1 April 1993 to 26 April 1994, when the bantustan was re-integrated into Transvaal.
Nxumalo was born at Gijana Village in 1926. He was born into a junior house of the Ndwandwe clan, direct descendants of warrior king NGHUNGHUNYANI ( Gungunhana), the last lion of Gaza.