Lulama Ntshayisa | |
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
In office 21 May 2014[1] – 23 July 2021 | |
Succeeded by | Steven Jafta |
Personal details | |
Born | Lulama Maxwell Ntshayisa 23 August 1958 |
Died | 23 July 2021 | (aged 62)
Cause of death | COVID-19 |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | African Independent Congress |
Profession | Politician |
Lulama Maxwell Ntshayisa (23 August 1958 – 23 July 2021) was a South African politician who was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa at the 2014 general election as a member of the African Independent Congress. He was re-elected in 2019. Ntshayisa died from COVID-19 in 2021.
In 2014, Ntshayisa stood for election to the South African National Assembly as second on the national party list of the African Independent Congress.[2] At the May election, he won a seat in the National Assembly.[3] He was sworn in later that month.[4] In June 2014, he was given his committee memberships.
In 2019, he stood for re-election at second on the AIC's national party list again.[5] Ntshayisa was re-elected at the election on May 8, 2019.[6] He was sworn in for a second term as a Member of the National Assembly on May 22. He received his new committee assignments in June 2019.[7]
In April 2021, he became a non-voting member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry which will determine Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office.[8] He became voting member in June 2021 after the committee's composition was reconstituted to give smaller parties voting rights.[9]