Dolly Ledwaba
{{Short description|South African politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
| party = African National Congress
| termstart = 22 May 2019
| honorific_suffix = MPL
| citizenship = South Africa
}}
Dolly Caroline Ledwaba is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. She formerly represented the ANC as a local councillor in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.
Political career
Ledwaba served three terms in the Tshwane council – one term as a proportional-representation councillor and two terms as a ward councillor for Ward 33 in Soshanguve.{{Cite news |last=Moatshe |first=Rapula |date=25 August 2021 |title=Gauteng ANC leader Dolly Ledwaba fingered in vote-rigging claims |language=en |work=IOL |url=https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/gauteng-anc-leader-dolly-ledwaba-fingered-in-vote-rigging-claims-75694e53-8a46-475e-ad4f-2d1ac0ee4924 |access-date=2023-02-10}} In July 2018, she was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's provincial branch in Gauteng.{{Cite web |date=23 July 2018 |title=ANC Gauteng province on the successful 13th provincial conference |url=https://www.polity.org.za/article/anc-anc-gauteng-province-on-the-successful-13th-provincial-conference-2018-07-23 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Polity |language=en}}
The following year, in the 2019 general election, she was elected for the first time to a seat in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, ranked 28th on the ANC's provincial party list.{{Cite web |title=Dolly Caroline Ledwaba |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/dolly-caroline-ledwaba/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}} She was not re-elected to the Provincial Executive Committee in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Banda |first=Michelle |date=2022-07-11 |title=ANC Gauteng elects PEC members as new chair Panyaza Lesufi calls for party unity |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-07-11-anc-gauteng-elects-pec-members-as-new-chair-panyaza-lesufi-calls-for-party-unity/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{People's Assembly (South Africa)|dolly-caroline-ledwaba|Ms Dolly Caroline Ledwaba}}
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Category:African National Congress politicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)