Nombulelo Hermans
{{Short description|South African politician (1970–2021)}}
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Nombulelo Lilian Hermans (1 January 1970 - 18 January 2021) was a South African politician of the African National Congress who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 until her death in 2021.
Political career
In 1985, Hermans joined the Colesberg Youth Organisation. After apartheid, she was involved with the establishment of the African National Congress branch in Colesberg. Hermans was elected to the ANC's Pixley ka Seme regional executive committee in 2002 and served on the regional working committee. Hermans was later elected as ANC regional treasurer before becoming regional deputy chairperson. She also served on the provincial executive committee and the provincial working committee of the ANC in the Northern Cape.{{cite news |last1=Kwon Hoo |first1=Sandi |title=Northern Cape ANC mourns death of MP Nombulelo Hermans |url=https://www.dfa.co.za/news/northern-cape-anc-mourns-death-of-mp-nombulelo-hermans-32c18b92-9972-410c-a7e0-5019483b50c3 |access-date=19 January 2021 |agency=Diamond Fields Advertiser |date=19 January 2021}}
Hermans was Executive Mayor of the Umsobomvu Local Municipality (seat: Colesberg) for two terms and was speaker of the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality. She also served as the second deputy chairperson of the South African Local Government Association.
Parliamentary career
Hermans was placed 111th on the party's national list for the 8 May 2019 general election;{{cite web |title=ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/anc-national-and-provincial-lists-for-2019-electio |website=Politicsweb |access-date=19 January 2021}} this was not high enough for her to win a seat in the National Assembly at the election as the ANC won 108 seats from the national list, however, Sylvia Lucas declined her seat and the ANC chose Hermans as her replacement.{{cite web |title=National |url=https://www.elections.org.za/ieconline/Documents/2019%20NPE%20List%20Of%20Reprensentatives/National%20Assembly%20List%20-%20Gazette.pdf |website=www.elections.org.za |access-date=19 January 2021}}{{cite web |title=As on 22 October2020 |url=https://pmg.org.za/files/201022_NA_MEMBERS_ALPHABETIC.pdf |website=Parliamentary Monitoring Group |access-date=19 January 2021}} She was sworn in on 13 June 2019, just over a month after the election.{{Cite tweet |user= ParliamentofRSA|number=1139146310978850822 |title=Ms Nombulelo Lilian Hermans was also sworn in as a Member of Parliament today. #6thParliament}}
On 27 June 2019, Hermans was named to the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.{{cite web |title=announcements, tablings and committee reports - APRAV |url=https://www.aprav.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/List-of-members-of-all-the-Portfolio-Committees-for-the-6th-Parliament-published-27-June-2019.pdf |website=Parliament of South Africa |access-date=19 January 2021}} She became a member of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence in October 2019.{{cite news |title=Parliament finally has a intelligence watchdog |url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/parliament/2204913/parliament-finally-has-a-intelligence-watchdog/ |access-date=19 January 2021 |newspaper=The Citizen |date=14 November 2019}}
Death
Hermans died from COVID-19 complications on 18 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.{{cite news |title=ANC MP Nombulelo Hermans dies from COVID-19 complications |url=https://ewn.co.za/2021/01/19/anc-mp-nombulelo-hermans-dies-from-covid-complications |access-date=19 January 2021 |newspaper=Eyewitness News |date=19 January 2021}}
See also
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Category:Politicians from the Northern Cape
Category:African National Congress politicians
Category:Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa
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Category:21st-century South African women politicians
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024