Sithembiso Mshengu
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Sithembiso Mshengu | |
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| Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
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| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Party | African National Congress |
Sithembiso Wiseman Mshengu is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since 2019. He was elected to the provincial legislature in the 2019 general election, ranked 35th on the ANC's provincial party list.[1]
Formerly an activist in the ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal,[2] Mshengu rose to prominence as the spokesperson for a group of ANC members who took the party to court and successfully applied for the nullification of the provincial party's December 2015 leadership elections.[3][4] The group was aligned to Senzo Mchunu, who, during the 2015 elections, had been ousted as ANC Provincial Chairperson by Sihle Zikalala.[5] During this period, as the ANC's 54th National Conference approached, Mshengu was also an outspoken supporter of – and on some accounts an official lobbyist for[6][7] – Cyril Ramaphosa's campaign to be elected ANC President.[8][9]
