The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has chosen provincial Finance MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube as their premier candidate, following the resignation of Sihle Zikalala last week.
The ANC made the announcement on Monday morning during a media briefing in Durban.
Zikalala stepped down from office last Friday after three years in the post. His resignation was prompted by his loss of the ANC provincial chairperson position to Siboniso Duma at the KZN ANC’s 9th provincial conference in July.
Zikalala also failed to make it into the ANC’s provincial executive committee (PEC).
KZN’s first women premier
Dube-Ncube beat KZN members of the provincial legislature, Mbali Fraser and Amanda Bani, for the position after the ANC interviewed them on Saturday.
If elected in the provincial legislature as the next premier, Dube-Ncube will make history as the first woman to occupy the position since South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994.
Dube-Ncube was born and bred in KwaMashu in Durban north, and she has served in several government positions in the province.
She was the mayor of the North Central Local Council before the local authority of Durban was amalgamated with several others to form what is now a bigger municipality known as the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
Subsequent to that, Dube-Ncube was appointed the speaker of the metro. After her stint as the eThekwini speaker, the ANC redeployed her to serve as South Africa’s ambassador to the Czech Republic.
After that, Dube-Ncube was appointed back home to serve as the ANC’s chief whip in the KZN provincial legislature. She has also served as the ANC’s treasurer in the province.
This is a developing story. More to follow.
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