Zunaid Kotwal

{{Short description|South African politician (born 1960)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| party = African National Congress

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly

| termstart1 = June 1999

| termend1 = May 2009

| citizenship = South Africa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|11|01|df=yes}}

| constituency1 = Mpumalanga

}}

Zunaid Kotwal (born 1 November 1960){{cite magazine |date=11 June 1999 |title=General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures |url=https://gazettes.africa/archive/za/1999/za-government-gazette-dated-1999-06-11-no-20203.pdf |magazine=Government Gazette of South Africa |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Government of South Africa |volume=408 |issue=20203 |pages= |access-date=26 March 2021}} is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009, gaining election in 1999 and 2004.{{cite magazine |date=20 April 2004 |title=General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 – Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 |url=https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/262770.pdf |magazine=Government Gazette of South Africa |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Government of South Africa |volume=466 |issue=2677 |pages=4–95 |access-date=26 March 2021}} He represented the Mpumalanga constituency.

Personal life

He is married to Ruwaida Kotwal. In November 2003, the couple's youngest son, aged two, drowned in the communal pool of the parliamentary village at Pelican Park in Cape Town.{{Cite news |date=13 November 2003 |title='Open gate led to toddler's drowning' |work=IOL |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/open-gate-led-to-toddlers-drowning-116892 |access-date=20 May 2023}}

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