Makhaya Twabu
Makhaya Twabu | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
| Mayor of Mbizana | |
| In office 2013–2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Daniswa Mafumbatha |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Makhaya Merriman Twabu is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2019. He was formerly the Mayor of Mbizana Local Municipality.
Political career
[edit]Twabu was formerly the Speaker of Alfred Nzo District Municipality[1] and served as the mayor of Mbizana until the 2011 local elections.[1] He returned to the mayoral office in mid-2013, when the ANC sought to overhaul the municipal leadership. At that time Mbizana was the poorest municipality in the Eastern Cape.[1] He left office again after the 2016 local elections.[2]
In the 2019 general election, he was elected to an ANC seat in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature, ranked 38th on the ANC's provincial party list.[3] At the time of his election, he was serving as a Member of the Mayoral Committee in Alfred Nzo.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Welcome to Mbizana – a town so bad not even its mayor will live there". Sunday Times. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ^ "New mayor asks for cooperation". UvoLwethu Express. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 2023-02-15 – via Issuu.
- ^ "Makhaya Merriman Twabu". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ^ "Alfred Nzo municipality announces changes to mayoral committee". News24. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
External links
[edit]- Makhaya Merriman Twabu at People's Assembly