Thandiwe Zungu

Zungu was born on 9 August 1960. She holds a certificate in management and a certificate in leadership from the Durban University of Technology.^[1]

A member of the African National Congress, she was elected as the treasurer of the party's Moses Mabhida region in 1989.^[1] In 2008 she was elected as a member of the ANC's regional executive committee and regional working committee.^[1] Zungu became a member of the provincial executive committee of the African National Congress Women's League in 2017.^[1]

Zungu stood as an ANC parliamentary candidate from KwaZulu-Natal in the 2019 national elections and was elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019.^[2][3][4][5]

On 27 June 2019, Zungu became a member of the National Assembly's Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation.^[6] She was named to the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on 5 September 2019.^[7] She did not stand in the 2024 general election and left parliament as a consequence.^[8]