Nosimo Balindlela
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|name = Nosimo Zisiwe Beauty Balindlela
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| office = Member of Provincial Legislature in the Eastern Cape
| term_start = 21 November 2016
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|office2 = Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation
|term_start2 = 2014
|term_end2 = 2016
|order3 = 3rd Premier of the Eastern Cape
|term_start3 = 26 April 2004
|term_end3 = 25 July 2008
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|predecessor3 = Makhenkesi Stofile
|successor3 = Mbulelo Sogoni
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|birth_place = Hermanus, Cape Province
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|party = Democratic Alliance (November 2012-2018)
|otherparty = Congress of the People (November 2008-2012)
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|alma_mater = Fort Hare University
Columbia University Teachers College
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Nosimo Zisiwe Beauty Balindlela (born 28 November 1949 in Hermanus, Cape Province){{cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/siziwe-nosimo-balindlela|title=Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela|last=Anonymous|date=17 February 2011|website=www.sahistory.org.za}} is a South African politician who served as the Premier of the Eastern Cape from 26 April 2004 until 1 August 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1072|title=Welcome to the official South African government online site! - South African Government|website=www.info.gov.za}} She changed parties in 2008 when she became a member of the Congress of the People, and again in 2012 to join the Democratic Alliance. In 2018 she defected back to the ANC.
Firing
In July 2008, Balindlela resigned from her position as premier after pressure from the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, of which she was a member. Balindlela also subsequently resigned from "active" politics - however she still remained an active ANC PEC member. Both her "sacking" and that of the neighboring Western Cape's ANC premier Ebrahim Rasool were announced on the same day.{{cite web|url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-04-balindlela-speaks-of-the-pain-dismissal|title=Balindlela speaks of the pain of dismissal|date=4 August 2008 }}
Her successor, Mbulelo Sogoni, was sworn in on 1 August 2008. She resigned from the ANC on 4 November 2008 to join the Congress of the People.
In November 2012 she joined the Democratic Alliance, her second change of political party. She became a member of parliament for the DA in May 2014, and served as Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation until November 2016, when she transferred to the Eastern Cape Legislature.{{cite web|url=http://mype.co.za/new/eastern-cape-legislature-welcomes-nosimo-balindlela-and-jane-cowley/79423/2016/11|title=Eastern Cape Legislature welcomes Nosimo Balindlela and Jane Cowley|date=21 November 2016|publisher=}}
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Category:People from Overstrand Local Municipality
Category:African National Congress politicians
Category:Congress of the People (South African political party) politicians
Category:Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2014–2019
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2009–2014
Category:Premiers of the Eastern Cape
Category:Teachers College, Columbia University alumni
Category:21st-century South African women politicians
Category:Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa
Category:Women premiers of South African provinces
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