Mzwandile Masina | |
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Mayor of Ekurhuleni | |
In office 23 August 2016 – 22 November 2021 | |
Preceded by | Mondli Gungubele |
Succeeded by | Tania Campbell[1] |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
In office 21 May 2014 – 23 August 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mzwandile Collen Masina 2 September 1974 East Rand, Transvaal Province, South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Mzwandile Collen Masina (born 2 September 1974) is a South African politician from Gauteng who served as the Executive Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality from 2016 to 2021. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and the party's Ekurhuleni chairperson, elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. From 2014 to 2016, he served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa and as the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.[2][3][4][5][6]
In 2020 Masina was driving at high speed in a state police car which is used for transporting VIPs. Masina got involved in an accident with a truck. It was discovered that he was not authorised to drive the car and it was also determined that he was driving during a Covid-19 lockdown curfew.[7]