Nokuzola Mndende

Born on 25 March 1957,^[1] Mndende completed her PhD in religious studies at the University of Cape Town in 2002.^[2][3] Before she joined Parliament in 1999, she was a lecturer in African traditional religion at the University of Cape Town.^[4] She has also lectured on African traditional religion at the University of South Africa^[3] and currently is an adjunct professor in sociology and anthropology at Nelson Mandela University.^[2]

In 2019, she was appointed as a part-time commissioner at the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities,^[5] and she is founder and director of the Icamagu Heritage Institute, based in Dutywa, Eastern Cape.^[2][6][7]

In the 1999 general election, Mndende was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly.^[1] She left Parliament in 2003 and resumed her academic career.^[2]