Member of the National Assembly
Formerly: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
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Sihle Zikalala was appointed Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure as of March 2023.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Science. In 2017, he achieved a Bachelor of Administration Honours cum laude from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Subsequently, Zikalala obtained a master's degree in commerce from the Graduate School of Business and Leadership in 2019. Before his redeployment to the National Parliament, he had been the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal and a Member of the Legislature in the province. He has held various leadership positions in the ANC; from 2016 to 2019, he served as the MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government.
He served as the 8th Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from 2019 until his resignation in 2022 and as the Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress from 2015 to 2022.
African National Congress (ANC)
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Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure at National Executive (Executive)
since 6th March 2023
Member at National Assembly (Parliament)
since 6th February 2023
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)
Member of the Executive Committee: COGTA
from 10th August 2022 until 6th February 2023
Member at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
from 22nd May 2019 until 6th February 2023
Premier at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
from 27th May 2019 until 5th August 2022
1st Candidate at African National Congress Provincial KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List)
from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
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2023 committee attendance as minister/deputy
Attended 1 meeting
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Mr S Zikalala (ANC) asked for the Minister’s position about basic electricity in the Western Cape.
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