Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Ms Mekgwe started her political activism during her teen years, participating in the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), the SAYCO and later the ANC Youth League. She remains an active member of both the ANC and of the ANC Women’s League, where she served as Regional Secretary. She has also served as a chairperson of the Regional Executive Committee in Ekurhuleni. In May 2010, she was elected as Provincial Treasurer of ANC in Gauteng.
At the dawn of democracy, she was elected Mayor of the Nigel Transitional Local Council, serving from 1995 to 2000. When the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) was established, she was elected a ward councillor as well as the Speaker of the EMM Council from 2001-2006. She was subsequently reappointed Speaker of the EMM Council in 2006, a position she held until July 2008. She then served as Executive Mayor of EMM until she was appointed Gauteng MEC for Health and Social Development in November 2010 and MEC for Local Government and Housing in 2012. Her excellent work in the public sector saw her being elected Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, a position she held through reelection on 22 May 2019 to date.
Honourable Ntombi Mekgwe holds various tertiary qualifications which include:
She has also graduate certificates in the form of:
African National Congress (ANC)
ANC Constituency Office (108): Dobsonville
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Gauteng
Member at Standing Committee of Chairpersons - gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee)
since 28th February 2022
Chairperson at Rules Committee-Gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee)
since 18th February 2022
Chairperson at Programming Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee)
since 18th February 2022
Constituency Head at ANC Constituency Office (108): Dobsonville (Constituency Office)
since 2022
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
since 22nd May 2019
Speaker at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)
Speaker at Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee)
from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
until 6th May 2014