Nonkululeko Gcume
Nonkululeko Gcume | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 6 May 2009 – April 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | African Transformation Movement (2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | African National Congress (Until 2008; 2014–2019) Congress of the People (2008–2014) |
| Profession | Politician |
Nonkululeko Prudence Gcume is a South African politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Congress of the People from 2009 to 2014.
Political career
[edit]Gcume was a member of the African National Congress until she resigned to join the ANC breakaway party, the Congress of the People in 2008. She was appointed co-convenor of the party's women's league. In late-November 2008, Gcume's house in Lusikisiki, near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, was set on fire amid political violence in the province in the run-up to the 2009 general elections.[1]
Gcume was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the election as COPE won 30 seats.[2] During her tenure in the National Assembly, she sat on the Portfolio Committee on Social Development.[3] In February 2014, COPE Secretary-General Lyndall Shope-Mafole wrote to Gcume and other COPE MPs asking them to provide proof that they were fully paid-up party members in good standing.[4]
Prior to the 2014 general election, Gcume and four other former COPE MPs were officially welcomed back into the ANC during a ceremony at the party's provincial headquarters in King William's Town on 30 April 2014.[5]
Gcume later left the ANC again and joined the newly formed African Transformation Movement, standing unsuccessfully stood for parliament in the 2019 general election as a candidate on the party's Eastern Cape regional-to-national list.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Shoba, Sibongakonke (3 December 2008). "South Africa: Eastern Cape in Eye of Poll Whirlwind". Business Day. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "COPE MPs elected to national assembly on April 22 - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ a b "Nonkululeko Prudence Gcume". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ "Cope MPs and MPLs prepare to jump ship". The Mail & Guardian. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ "COPE five return to 'flawed' ANC fold". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 2023-04-03.