Ndabakayise Erasmus Gcwabaza (born 8 July 1954)[1] is a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2019. First elected in April 2004,[1] he represented the KwaZulu-Natal constituency.[2]

Ndaba Gcwabaza
Member of the National Assembly
In office
23 April 2004 – 7 May 2019
ConstituencyKwaZulu-Natal
Personal details
Born
Ndabakayise Erasmus Gcwabaza

(1954-07-08) 8 July 1954 (age 70)
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations
South African Communist Party

During apartheid, Gcwabaza was a member of the regional executive committee of the United Democratic Front in Southern Natal from 1984 to 1991. After joining the underground of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1988, he convened an MK unit in Klaarwater and helped establish another such unit in Hammarsdale.[2] After the ANC and other anti-apartheid organisations were unbanned in 1990, he became chairperson of the ANC's new branch in Klaarwater from 1990 to 1994, and he was secretary of the Pinetown branch of the South African Communist Party from 1996 to 1998.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ a b c "Ndabakayise Erasmus Gcwabaza". People's Assembly. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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