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Mbali Ntuli

South African politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ6799591 ↗
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Mbali Ntuli (born c. 28 March 1988) is a South African politician and a former member of the Democratic Alliance (DA). She is the former Provincial Campaigns Director for the party in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). She resigned as a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in March 2022, where she served as the DA KZN Spokesperson on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA). She previously served as leader and Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Youth. She was elected to this position in May 2013.

Early life and education

Ntuli is a native of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). She grew up in La Lucia. When she was 8 years old, her father, "Big Ben" Ntuli, the founder of the KwaZulu-Natal Taxi Association was murdered. In the wake of his death, her extended family feuded over his business. During that time, both she and her brother survived poisoning by their grandmother, and survived another three assassination attempts.

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“Mbali Ntuli” enters the record as south African politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mbali, Ntuli and South can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6799591. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988, 2022 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mbali Ntuli” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.