Nandi Ndalane
{{Short description|South African politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix = MP
| office = Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
| term_start = 14 June 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Social Development
| premier1 = Stan Mathabatha
| termstart1 = 6 October 2022
| predecessor1 = Dickson Masemola
| office2 = Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Agriculture and Rural Development
| premier2 = Stan Mathabatha
| termend2 = 6 October 2022
| termstart2 = 22 May 2019
| successor2 = Thabo Mokone
| predecessor2 = Basikopo Makamu
| office3 = Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure
| premier3 = Stan Mathabatha
| termend3 = May 2019
| termstart3 = October 2017
| predecessor3 = Jerry Ndou
| successor3 = Monicca Mochadi
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 1963}}
| birth_place = Elim, Vhembe
Northern Transvaal, South Africa
| party = African National Congress
}}
Nandi Annah Ndalane (born 1963) is a South African politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2024. She served in the Limpopo Executive Council from 2014 and in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature from 1999 until 2024.
Ndalane was Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts and Culture from 2014 to 2016; MEC for Transport, Safety and Security from 2016 to 2017; MEC for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure from 2017 to 2019; MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2019 to 2022; and MEC for Social Development from 2022 until 2024. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and was formerly a local leader of the ANC in her home region of Vhembe; she also served a term as a member of the Limpopo ANC's Provincial Executive Committee from 2018 to 2022.
Early life and career
Ndalane was born in June 1963 in Elim in Vhembe in present-day Limpopo province.{{Cite web |last=Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety |date=15 September 2016 |title=Nandi Ndalane Profile |url=https://www.facebook.com/954450187926797/posts/nandi-ndalane-profile-mec-transport-safety-security-liaison-when-after-completin/1134337399938074/ |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Facebook |language=en}} In the final years of apartheid, she worked in community development at a local non-governmental organisation called Akanani.{{Cite web |date=2016-09-29 |title=Clean audit now top priority for Ndalane |url=https://reviewonline.co.za/476410/clean-audit-now-top-priority-for-ndalane/ |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Polokwane Observer |language=en-US}} During the first post-apartheid elections in 1994, she served as a party agent on the winning campaign of the African National Congress (ANC), and she was subsequently elected as a local councillor in the Vuwani–Hlanganani Transitional Local Council.
Career in provincial government
Ndalane was first elected as a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature in the 1999 general election. While serving in the legislature, she rose through the ranks of the local ANC, becoming Deputy Regional Chairperson and later, from 2007,{{Cite web |last=Nthambeleni |first=Gabara |date=9 February 2007 |title=Mdaka to lead ANC |url=https://www.zoutnet.co.za/articles/news/5026/2007-02-09/mdaka-to-lead-anc |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Zoutnet}} Regional Treasurer of the ANC's branch in Vhembe. In the fourth session of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature – following the 2009 general election, in which Ndalane was re-elected to her seat ranked 18th on the ANC's party list{{Cite web |last=Independent Electoral Commission |date=30 April 2009 |title=Limpopo MPLs elected April 22 |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/limpopo-mpls-elected-april-22 |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Politicsweb |language=en}} – she chaired the legislature's committee on sports, arts and culture.{{Cite web |title=Nanda Annah Ndalane |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/ms-ndalane-nanda-anna/ |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}}
In the 2014 general election, Ndalane was re-elected, on that occasion ranked 39th on the ANC's party list. She was also appointed to the Limpopo Executive Council by Stan Mathabatha, who had been elected to his first full term as Premier of Limpopo; she became Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts and Culture.{{Cite web |date=21 May 2014 |title=Limpopo's Dickson Masemola runs out of lives |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/limpopos-dickson-masemola-runs-out-of-lives-20150430 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} She held that position until a cabinet reshuffle on 15 September 2016, when she was moved to the Transport, Safety and Security portfolio.{{Cite web |date=15 September 2016 |title=Limpopo cabinet reshuffled |url=https://www.enca.com/south-africa/limpopo-cabinet-reshuffled |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=eNCA |language=en}} In October 2017, she was moved again, to the Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure portfolio, which was viewed as more senior.{{Cite web |last=Dube |first=Mpho |date=27 October 2017 |title=Mathabatha angers Zuma's supporters over Limpopo cabinet reshuffle |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/mathabatha-angers-zumas-supporters-over-limpopo-cabinet-reshuffle-20171026 |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=City Press |language=en-US}} While in that office, at the ANC's provincial elective conference in June 2018, Ndalane was elected as an ordinary member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the Limpopo ANC.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-28 |title=Mathabatha promises no reshuffle of his cabinet |url=https://www.limpopomirror.co.za/articles/news/47591/2018-06-28/mathabatha-promises-no-reshuffle-of-his-cabinet |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Limpopo Mirror}}
In the 2019 general election, Ndalane was ranked 15th on the ANC's party list and was re-elected to the provincial legislature. She was also reappointed to Mathabatha's Executive Council, where she took up the post of MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-22 |title=Lim's new look cabinet |url=https://reviewonline.co.za/488927/breaking-news-lims-new-look-cabinet/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Polokwane Observer |language=en-US}} At the ANC's next provincial elective conference in June 2022, she became one of several MECs who failed to gain re-election to the ANC Provincial Executive Committee, a development which was seen as rendering her politically vulnerable.{{Cite web |last=Sadike |first=Mashudu |date=6 June 2022 |title=Five Limpopo MECs get dumped from ANC's provincial executive committee |url=https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/five-limpopo-mecs-get-dumped-from-ancs-provincial-executive-committee-49812005-74e0-472f-8851-0222b93def4f |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=IOL |language=en}} In October 2022, Mathabatha transferred her to the Social Development portfolio.{{Cite web |last=Sadike |first=Mashudu |date=7 October 2022 |title=Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha fires three MECs from executive committee |url=https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/limpopo-premier-stan-mathabatha-fires-three-mecs-from-executive-committee-a5dd1648-5612-4898-b973-f86851ba4ec1 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=IOL |language=en}}
Ndalane was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2024 general election.{{Cite web |title=The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS {{!}} Politicsweb |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/the-400-mps-elected-to-the-national-assembly--iec |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{People's Assembly (South Africa)|ms-ndalane-nanda-anna/|Ms Nanda Annah Ndalane}}
{{Current MPs of South Africa}}
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Category:People from Vhembe District Municipality
Category:African National Congress politicians
Category:Members of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2024–2029