Lindiwe Lasindwa
{{Short description|South African politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
| party = African National Congress
| termstart = 2006
| citizenship = South Africa
| death_date = {{death date|2021|08|01|df=yes}}
| termend = 1 August 2021
}}
Lindiwe Lasindwa (died 1 August 2021) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2006 until her death in 2021. A former local councillor in KwaThema, Gauteng, she was also a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Gauteng branch.
Political career
Lasindwa was a ward councillor in KwaThema from 2004 until 2006, when she joined the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-06 |title=Kwa-Thema residents mourn the death of Lindiwe Lasindwa |url=https://africanreporter.co.za/167283/kwa-thema-residents-mourn-the-death-of-lindiwe-lasindwa/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=African Reporter |language=en-US}} She was re-elected to her first full term in the legislature in the 2009 general election, ranked 33rd on the ANC's provincial party list,{{Cite web |date=30 April 2009 |title=Gauteng MPLs elected April 22 |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/gauteng-mpls-elected-april-22 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Politicsweb |language=en}} and she was elected to her second and third terms, respectively, in 2014 (ranked 28th) and 2019 (ranked 25th).{{Cite web |title=Lindiwe Lasindwa |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/landiwe-jane-lasindwa/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}}
During her tenure in office, she served stints as Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Petitions{{Cite web |date=2012-08-07 |title=Gauteng Legislature given shake up |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2012-08-07-gauteng-legislature-reshuffle/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}} and of the Portfolio Committee on Infrastructure Development and Gender, Youth, and People with Disabilities.{{Cite web |date=2 August 2021 |title=Gauteng Legislature mourns the passing of MPL Lindiwe Lasindwa |url=https://www.gpl.gov.za/gpl-mourns-the-passing-of-mpl-lasindwa/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Gauteng Provincial Legislature |language=en-US}} At the time of her death, she chaired the legislature's Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development. She also served as a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the Gauteng ANC, having been elected to a four-year term on the committee at a party elective conference in July 2018.{{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}}
Death
References
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External links
- {{People's Assembly (South Africa)|landiwe-jane-lasindwa|Ms Lindiwe Lasindwa}}
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Category:African National Congress politicians
Category:Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Category:21st-century South African politicians
Category:Year of birth missing
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