Nqaba Bhanga

Nqaba Bhanga
Personal details
Born 1978
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Political party Democratic Alliance

Nqaba Bhanga is a South African politician. He is the current provincial leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape, a former member of Parliament, and the DA's Shadow Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA).[1]

He was born in Port Elizabeth in 1978.[2] He was a Congress of South African Students leader.[3] He joined the African National Congress and became Nelson Mandela Bay ANC Youth Leader,[4] then the Youth Leader of the breakaway Congress of the People,[5] before switching to the DA in 2014.[6][7]

Since 2016, he is a councillor in and the Human Settlements political head for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality under mayor Athol Trollip,[8] whom he succeeded as party provincial leader.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "'Zuma will do to Ramaphosa what Mugabe did to Mujuru'". Bulawayo24 News. 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  2. ↑ Williams, Allan (2014-03-11). "COPE MP crosses over to the DA: The Herald". The Herald Live. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  3. ↑ "COPE MP crosses over to the DA: The Herald". 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  4. ↑ Sobuwa, Yoliswa (2016-11-21). "Leaders swap insults after Pityana storm". The Herald Live. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  5. ↑ "Cope ready for elective conference". OFM. 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  6. ↑ "DA elects Nqaba Bhanga as E Cape's new leader", SABC Digital News, 2017-05-06
  7. ↑ Koyana, Xolani. "Nqaba Bhanga 'shocked' after winning DA EC leader post". Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  8. ↑ Maclennan, Sue (2017-03-06). "Fighting talk from the DA". Grocott's Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  9. ↑ Mngxitama-Diko, Avuyile (2017-04-07). "Probe into revamp of old-age homes". The Herald Live. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  10. ↑ Ford, Simthandile (2017-05-05). "DA pair set their sights on youth". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
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