Pelisa Nkunjana
Pelisa Nkunjana is a South African politician of the African National Congress (ANC) and Whip of Council of the City of Ekurhuleni since September 2024.
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- African National Congress
Centre · Where sources place the party (African National Congress)
Wikipedia: centre to centre-left (African National Congress)
Ideology: social democracy, African nationalism, non-racialism
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A ward councillor since 2006 and a member of the mayoral committee from 2011, she is deputy regional secretary of the ANC in Ekurhuleni. She is named among the ANC's possible contenders for Mayor of Ekurhuleni in the 2026 local government election.
Career
According to the City of Ekurhuleni, Nkunjana joined the ANC Youth League in 1993 and later served on its national executive. She became a ward committee member in 2001 and was elected a ward councillor in 2006, among the city's youngest. In 2011 she became its youngest member of the mayoral committee, leading Roads and Stormwater, then Corporate and Shared Services and Transport and Fleet Management until the 2021 elections. In the ANC she has been on the regional executive committee since 2014 and was deputy regional secretary from 2018 to 2022. She holds an MBA and master's degree in public management, and became Whip of Council in September 2024.
Summarised automatically from the linked sources. City of Ekurhuleni · Daily Maverick · Wikipedia
Mayor of Ekurhuleni (Germiston)?
| Outcome | Left – Right | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Xolani Khumalo | 36% | |
| Khathutshelo Rasilingwane | Centre | 16% |
| Ntombi Mekgwe | 11% | |
| Nthabiseng Tshivenga | 8% | |
| Jongizizwe Dlabathi | 7% | |
| Nkosindiphile Xhakaza | Centre | 6% |
| Nomadlozi Nkosi | 5% | |
| Thulani Shongwe | 3% | |
| Pelisa Nkunjana | Centre | 1% |