Ntombi Khumalo
MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
10 November 2021
Preceded byCameron Mackenzie
ConstituencyGauteng
Member of the City of Johannesburg Mayoral Committee for Corporate and Shared Services
In office
28 August 2016 – 27 November 2021
Preceded byMally Mokoena[1]
Succeeded byLoyiso Masuku
Personal details
Born
Ntombi Valencia Khumalo
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician, lecturer

Ntombi Valencia Khumalo is a South African politician and a member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Alliance.

Background

Khumalo holds a master's degree in somatology. She had worked in the somatology industry for more than a decade. She worked as the head therapist at Matispa from 2007 to 2008, when she resigned to become a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg. Khumalo later obtained a doctorate in health professions education. She has published research papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented local and international conventions as well.[2][3]

Political career

In 2016, Khumalo was elected as a DA councillor in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Herman Mashaba of the DA was elected mayor.[4] He later announced the composition of his mayoral committee, in which he appointed Khumalo as the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Corporate and Shared Services.[5] Khumalo served in the Mayoral Committee until Mashaba resigned as mayor in November 2019 and the DA subsequently lost control of the metro.[6]

On 18 March 2020, Khumalo was appointed as the Shadow Member of the Mayoral Committee (SMMC) for Economic Development by DA Caucus leader, Leah Knott.[7]

Parliamentary career

In 2019, Khumalo stood for election to the South African National Assembly as 63rd on the DA's regional list and 196th on the party's national list.[8] Due to the DA's electoral performance, she was not elected to parliament.[9]

Gauteng DA MP Cameron Mackenzie died from COVID-19 complications in July 2021. On 9 September 2021, the DA appointed Khumalo to take up his seat in the National Assembly.[10] She was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 10 November 2021 by National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "MAYOR NAMES COMMITTEE". City of Johannesburg. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Meet Mayor Mashaba's A-team". Citypress. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Quick meet-and-greet with Joburg's MMCs". Northcliff Melville Times. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "DA's Herman Mashaba elected new Joburg mayor". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "'Diverse' mayoral committee surprised with appointment". Randburg Sun. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Michael Sun's term as MMC ends as Geoff Makhubo elected new Joburg mayor". Fourways Review. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Leah Knott announces Shadow Cabinet". Roodepoort Record. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "#DALists: One South Africa for All in action". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "National Assembly Members (As on 10 November 2021)" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  11. ↑ @ParliamentofRSA (11 November 2021). "Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula with new Member of Parliament Ms Ntombi Valencia Khumalo from the DA at her swearing in ceremony yesterday, Wednesday, 10 November 2021, in the Speaker's boardroom" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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