Thulani Ndlovu
South African politician
Thulani Ndlovu is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since November 2019. An ANC Youth League activist, he has also been a member of the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in Gauteng since 2022.
Early life and career
Born on 8 November 1979 in Soweto. A last son to Norah Philisiwe Zondi, a domestic worker and Mgideni Ndlovu a security guard.
Ndlovu joined Congress Of South African Students in the early 90s and at a very young age.He was part of the Self Defence Unit and played a role in protecting the Alexandra Township and its people. He is part of those who campaigned for the ANC during the first ever Democratic elections in 1994 but could not vote due to age restrictions, he was only turning 15 in November that year. He became the Chairperson of COSAS Alexandra Branch in 1995 and Provincial Executive committee member in 1996 and later in 1997 was elected Provincial Secretary in Gauteng province. He was the youngest and former President of the Student Representative Council in Realogile High in Alexandra where he served from 1996 to 1998.
In 1997 Tiblon Ndlovu and other young activists of Alexandra founded the Alexandra Student Forum(an umbrella organisation inclusive of all political student formations)and he became the first deputy chairperson in 1997.
Ndlovu played a pivotal role when the ANC and its structures moved to operate in ward based level becoming the first treasure of the ANCYL branch in 2003 and elected into the first Ward based branch of ANC in ward 76 Johannesburg at which his grouping also won the naming of the branch to Isandlwana branch which is still the current branch name
He then became the chair in 2005 and in 2008 was elected as Chairperson of the Alexandra Zone
In 2014 he was amongst those who were appointed to serve in Provincial Task Team of the Youth League and he later in 2016 was elected to the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League.
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