Thandi Mpambo-Sibhukwana

{{Short description|South African educator and legislator (died 2020)}}

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| office = Member of the National Assembly of South Africa

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| term_start = 22 May 2019

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Thandi Gloria Mpambo-Sibhukwana (died 19 June 2020) was a South African educator and legislator. She was a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from 2014 to 2019 and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 until her death in 2020. She was a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and a member of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development.

Career

Mpambo-Sibhukwana worked as an isiXhosa teacher at Wynberg Girls' High School until 2010 when she accepted a position at the Western Cape provincial government.{{cite web |title=Hamba Kahle, Thandi Mpambo-Sibhukwana |url=https://www.wynghs.co.za/news/article/hamba-kahle-thandi-mpambo-sibhukwana |website=www.wynghs.co.za |accessdate=22 June 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622123731/https://www.wynghs.co.za/news/article/hamba-kahle-thandi-mpambo-sibhukwana |archivedate=22 June 2020}}

Political career

She joined the Democratic Alliance and became a Member of the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of parliament, in May 2014. She was part of the Western Cape provincial delegation.{{cite web |title=Hansard: NCOP: Appointment of returning Officers; Election of Chairperson of National Council of Provinces |url=https://pmg.org.za/hansard/18536/ |website=pmg.org.za |accessdate=22 June 2020}} Mpambo-Sibhukwana was elected to lower house, the National Assembly, in May 2019.

DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane appointed her shadow deputy minister of social development, as she was assigned to serve on the Portfolio Committee on Social Development.{{cite news |last1=Nkanjeni |first1=Unathi |title=DA shadow cabinet: What you need to know |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-06-06-da-shadow-cabinet-what-you-need-to-know/ |accessdate=22 June 2020 |newspaper=TimesLIVE |date=6 June 2019}} Her constituency was the Drakenstein and Saldanha Bay from 2014 until 2019. She was elected head of the Oostenberg South constituency in 2019.{{cite news |title=DA mourns death of MP Tandi Mpambo-Sibhukwana |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2020-06-20-da-mourns-death-of-mp-tandi-mpambo-sibhukwana/ |accessdate=22 June 2020 |newspaper=TimesLIVE |date=20 June 2020}}

Death

Mpambo-Sibhukwana died on 19 June 2020 in Cape Town from COVID-19.{{cite news |last1=Breakfast |first1=Siviwe |title=Parliament mourns passing of DA's Thandi Mpambo-Sibhukwana |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/parliament-mourns-passing-of-das-thandi-mpambo-sibhukwana/ |accessdate=22 June 2020 |newspaper=The South African |date=20 June 2020}} She is survived by her two daughters. The Democratic Alliance, Wynberg Girls' High School and Parliament all released statements in which they praised Mpambo-Sibhukwana.{{cite news |title=DA, Parliament saddened at death of MP Tandi Mpambo-Sibhukwana |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/da-parliament-saddened-at-death-of-mp-tandi-mpambo-sibhukwana-49656574 |accessdate=22 June 2020 |newspaper=IOL |date=20 June 2020 |location=Cape Town}}