Bicks Ndoni (7 May 1958 – 20 January 2020)[1] was a South African politician who served as chief whip of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality from August 2018 until his death in January 2020. He was previously the deputy mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay under the mayoralty of Danny Jordaan. Ndoni served as the mayor of Uitenhage transitional council in the 1990s. He was an African National Congress (ANC) politician.[2]
Political career
editFollowing the 1995–96 South African municipal elections, he became a municipal councillor. He was soon appointed mayor of the Uitenhage transitional council.
In 2000, he was elected a councillor of the inaugural Nelson Mandela Bay City Council.
Ndoni became the deputy mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay in May 2015, as the ANC announced a leadership reshuffle in the municipality.[3][4] He served alongside Danny Jordaan until the ANC administration was ousted in the August 2016 municipal election. He was succeeded by Mongameli Bobani of the United Democratic Movement (UDM).[5]
In August 2018, Ndoni took office as the chief whip of the council.[6]
Death
editNdoni died on 20 January 2020 at the ANC's regional headquarters, Florence Matomela House, in Port Elizabeth.[7] He had suffered a heart attack. He was 61 years old.[8] Various politicians of multiple political parties sent their condolences.[9] He is survived by his wife Mpho and their children.
References
edit- ^ Political parties mourn shock death of ANC's Bicks Ndoni
- ^ "Former U'hage mayor Bicks Ndoni dies". UDExpress. 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Jordaan appointed PE mayor". Sport24. Port Elizabeth. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Spies, Derrick (27 May 2015). "Opposition parties to boycott Danny Jordaan's swearing in as mayor". News24. Port Elizabeth. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Spies, Derrick (24 August 2016). "Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral committee white, male-dominated - ANC". News24. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Sain, Raahil (27 August 2018). "UDM's Mongameli Bobani elected new mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay". IOL. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Nelson Mandela Bay ANC Chief Whip Bicks Ndoni passes away". SABC News. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Kahla, Cheryl (20 January 2020). "ANC chief whip Bicks Ndoni dies at 61". The South African. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "ANC mourns death of one of its senior cadres, Bicks Ndoni". IOL. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.