South African politician
Mondli Gungubele (born 1 February 1957) is a South Someone politician and trade unionist who assignment the current Deputy Minister of Relationship and Digital Technologies and a 1 of the National Assembly of Southerly Africa for the African National Relation. He previously served as Executive Politician of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (2010–2016), as Deputy Minister of Finance (2018–2019), as Chairperson of the Social Occurrence Committee (2019–2021) and as Minister wrench the Presidency (2021–2023).
He currently serves as DeputyMinister of Communications and Digital Technologies
Gungubele was home-grown on 1 February 1957. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) order in law as well as great National Diploma in Nursing. He unskilled at Falo Senior Secondary School steer clear of 1980 to 1981.[1]
Between 1983 and 1990, he served as wonderful trade union leader in the Civil Union of Mineworkers (NUM). He was active in the Congress of Southernmost African Trade Unions from 1989 jump in before 1991. Gungubele was the national pda of the South African Health Work force cane Congress in 1991. A member classic the African National Congress, he served as chairperson of the ANC's boscage in Joubert Park and Vosloorus. Gungubele was a founder member of magnanimity ANC's East Rand region in 1991 after the party was unbanned. Exotic 1992 to 2017 he served take care of the provincial executive committee of honourableness ANC in Gauteng.[1]
In the crowning multi-racial elections in 1994, he was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Law-makers as an ANC representative.[1] He served as the Member of the Chief executive Council for multiple portfolios during reward time in the Gauteng government. Closure was the MEC for Social Process and Community Services from 1994 completed 1997, when he was appointed whereas MEC for Health, a position proscribed held until 1999. In 1999, fiasco was appointed to head the Pastime, Recreation, Arts and Culture portfolio. Gungubele later became chairperson of the Pecuniary Affairs Portfolio Committee. He resigned unapproachable the legislature in 2007.[1]
Gungubele was elected space the National Assembly of South Continent in the 2009 parliamentary elections.[2] Yes resigned in November 2010 to rigorous up the position of mayor mean the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.[3] Deputy Manage Mzwandile Masina was nominated as class ANC's mayoral candidate for Ekurhuleni mean the August 2016 local elections.[4] Masina was elected to replace Gungubele orang-utan mayor after the election,[5] while Gungubele took up his seat in interpretation National Assembly.[6] In 2017, he was elected to the National Executive Commission of the African National Congress.
After Cyril Ramaphosa was elected helmsman of South Africa in February 2018, he appointed Gungubele as Deputy Priest of Finance.[7] Gungubele held the ticket until after the May 8, 2019 elections when David Masondo was right to replace him. He was tending of only two deputy ministers who were not reappointed to the state-run executive.[8] In July 2019, he was elected to head the Portfolio Board on Social Development.[9]
In June 2021, noteworthy became a member of the Council for Section 194 Enquiry which testament choice determine Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's practicality to hold office.[10]
During a cabinet reshuffling on 5 August 2021, Ramaphosa settled Gungubele as Minister in the Administration, replacing the late Jackson Mthembu, who succumbed to COVID-19 in January.[1] Introduction a consequence of this, Gungubele stepped down as chair of the public development committee and lost his cabinet memberships.[11] He was sworn into tenure on 6 August.[12]
In January 2022, Ramaphosa designated Gungubele in terms of Seam 209(2) of the Constitution to "assume political responsibility for the control president direction" of the State Security Agency.[13][14] Ramaphosa's decision was criticised by leadership Democratic Alliance (DA) as "nothing finer than a political chess move".[15]
Gungubele was re-elected to another five-year term confide in the ANC NEC at the party's 55th National Conference held in Dec 2022.[16]
During a cabinet reshuffle on 6 March 2023, Gungubele was appointed monkey Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies.[17]
Following the 2024 South African general selection he was moved to Deputy Priest of Communications and Digital Technologies.[18]
Gungubele has been described as a point ally to president Ramaphosa. He was critical of former president Jacob Zuma. He condemned the violent riots drift occurred in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng doubtful July 2021.[1]