Nqaba Bhanga

Nqaba Bhanga
DA Eastern Cape Provincial Leader
Personal details
Born 1977
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Political party Democratic Alliance

Nqaba Bhanga is a South African politician. He is the current Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape, a former member of Parliament, and the former DA's Shadow Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA).[1]

He was born in Port Elizabeth, KwaZakhele, Nobatana Street in 1977 on August 28. It was at the historic KwaZakhele High School that he first got involved in politics, elected the regional chairperson of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas).

Nqaba joined the African National Congress and became the Nelson Mandela Bay ANC Youth Leader,[2] an SRC President at the Port Elizabeth Technikon (now Nelson Mandela University) where he graduated with his first qualification in Public Administration and later studied towards a postgraduate qualification in Maritime Studies. [3] [4] Nqaba also served as the national secretary general of the South African Student Congress (SASCO), and then the youth leader of the breakaway Congress of the People (COPE) [5]and its member of Parliament, before switching to the DA in 2014.[6][7]

Since 2016, he is a Councillor and the Mayoral Committee Member (MMC) for Human Settlements at the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality under mayor Athol Trollip,[8] whom he succeeded as Party Provincial Leader.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "'Zuma will do to Ramaphosa what Mugabe did to Mujuru'". Bulawayo24 News. 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  2. ↑ Sobuwa, Yoliswa (2016-11-21). "Leaders swap insults after Pityana storm". The Herald Live. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  3. ↑ Williams, Allan (2014-03-11). "COPE MP crosses over to the DA: The Herald". The Herald Live. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  4. ↑ "COPE MP crosses over to the DA: The Herald". 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  5. ↑ "Cope ready for elective conference". OFM. 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  6. ↑ "DA elects Nqaba Bhanga as E Cape's new leader", SABC Digital News, 2017-05-06
  7. ↑ Koyana, Xolani. "Nqaba Bhanga 'shocked' after winning DA EC leader post". Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  8. ↑ Maclennan, Sue (2017-03-06). "Fighting talk from the DA". Grocott's Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  9. ↑ Mngxitama-Diko, Avuyile (2017-04-07). "Probe into revamp of old-age homes". The Herald Live. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  10. ↑ Ford, Simthandile (2017-05-05). "DA pair set their sights on youth". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
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