Lulama Ngcukayitobi
Lulama Ngcukayitobi | |
|---|---|
| Provincial Secretary of the Eastern Cape African National Congress | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
| Deputy | Helen Sauls-August |
| Chairperson | Oscar Mabuyane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1972 (age 52) |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Relations | Tembeka Ngcukaitobi (brother) |
Lulama Ngcukayitobi (born December 1972)[1] is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. He has been the provincial secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape since October 2017.
Tenure as provincial secretary
[edit]Ngcukayitobi was elected as ANC provincial secretary on 1 October 2017 during a chaotic party conference that became infamous as the "festival of chairs"; his election was unopposed after the other candidate, Andile Lungisa, became indisposed during the chaos.[2] He was re-elected in May 2022, receiving 807 votes against the 667 cast for Teris Ntutu.[3] He ran on the slate of provincial chairperson Oscar Mabuyane.[4]
In June 2024, in the aftermath of the recent general election, Ngcukayitobi announced and then rescinded his resignation from the party leadership.[5][6] The Sunday Times reported that he had been opposed to the ANC's participation in a national coalition with the Democratic Alliance, but that ANC leaders Gwede Mantashe and Fikile Mbalula had persuaded him to stay on.[7]
He is considered a possible candidate to succeed Mabuyane as provincial chairperson in 2026.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Ngcukayitobi was born in December 1972.[1] He is from a prominent family in Cala, Eastern Cape; his brother, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, is a prominent lawyer.[9] Their mother, Nomsa, was a domestic worker, a teacher at a school for the disabled, and then a nurse, and their father, Gcinabantu Hutchinson, was a mineworker in Johannesburg and then a clerk at the Magistrate's Court in Cofimvaba.[10] Ngcukayitobi launched the Gcinabantu Hutchison Ngcukayitobi Foundation in Cala in December 2022.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ngcukayitobi launches foundation in honour of late father to help address social ills". Daily Dispatch. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Oscar Mabuyane elected chair as a challenge to #ANCECConference looms". The Mail & Guardian. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ Tandwa, Lizeka (9 May 2022). "Oscar Mabuyane makes a clean sweep at ANC Eastern Cape conference". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ Yende, Sizwe Sama (9 May 2022). "Mabuyane's victory a boost for Ramaphosa's re-election bid". City Press. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "ANC Eastern Cape heavyweight withdraws resignation". Sowetan. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Ngcukaytobi withdraws resignation as EC ANC Provincial Secretary". SABC News. 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ Tandwa, Lizeka (11 June 2024). "National officials step in to persuade ANC Eastern Cape secretary to withdraw resignation". Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ Naki, Eric Mthobeli (20 November 2024). "ANC Eastern Cape divided over Mabuyane's successor as chair". The Citizen. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "'Kind community activist' Nomsa Ngcukayitobi dies, aged 79". Sunday Times. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ Campbell, Carol (15 April 2018). "Seminal work fills in missing history of black legal thinking on human rights". Africa Legal. Retrieved 16 November 2023.