Bongi Maria Ntuli (died 22 October 2016) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2014. Under President Jacob Zuma, she served as Deputy Minister of Social Development from 2010 to 2014, and before that she served as Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry from May 2009 to October 2010.
Bongi Ntuli | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Social Development | |
| In office 1 November 2010 – 25 May 2014 | |
| Minister | Bathabile Dlamini |
| Succeeded by | Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu |
| Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry | |
| In office 11 May 2009 – 31 October 2010 Serving with Thandi Tobias | |
| Minister | Rob Davies |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office May 1994 – 25 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1939/1940 |
| Died | 22 October 2016 (aged 76) |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Education and early career
editNtuli was born in 1939 or 1940[1] had a bachelor's degree in information systems from the University of the Western Cape.[2] She participated in the Convention for a Democratic South Africa in the early 1990s.[1][3]
Legislative career
editShe was elected to the National Assembly in South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994[4] and she gained re-election, representing the Mpumalanga constituency, in 1999[5] and 2004.[6] She was also active in the ANC Women's League, serving on its national executive committee, and in the executive of her local party branch in Nkangala.[2][1]
She was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2009 general election, standing on the ANC's national list.[7] In addition, after the election, newly elected President Jacob Zuma announced that she had been appointed as one of two Deputy Ministers of Trade and Industry; she served alongside Thandi Tobias and under Minister Rob Davies.[8] She held that position until 31 October 2010, when, in a reshuffle by Zuma, she was moved to a new position as Deputy Minister of Social Development.[2]
In the next general election in 2014, Ntuli was ranked 96th on the ANC's national party list and comfortably secured re-election to her legislative seat.[9] However, shortly after she was sworn in, on 25 May, Zuma announced his second-term cabinet; Ntuli had been replaced as Deputy Minister of Social Development by Henrietta Bogopane-Zulu,[10] and she resigned from the National Assembly the same day.[9]
Personal life and death
editNtuli was Christian and had two sons and a daughter.[11] She died on 22 October 2016, aged 76, on arrival at the Pretoria Heart Hospital; she suffered congestive heart failure.[1][3] President Zuma granted her a special official funeral.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Nkangala ANC mourns the passing on of Bongi Maria Ntuli". 013NEWS. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "Bongi Maria Ntuli, Ms". South African Government. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Former Cabinet deputy minister Bongi Ntuli dies". News24. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Minutes of proceedings of the Constitutional Assembly" (PDF). Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. 24 May 1994. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Members of the National Assembly". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet". South African Government. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Bongi Maria Ntuli". People's Assembly. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Full List of Jacob Zuma's 2014 cabinet – all the Ministers and Deputies". BizNews. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Social Development mourns former Deputy Minister Bongi Ntuli". South African Government. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "ANC stalwart Bongi Ntuli gets an official funeral". Sowetan. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
External links
edit- Ms Bongi Maria Ntuli at People's Assembly
- Ms Bongi Maria Ntuli South African Government