KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison
In office 7 June 2016 – 4 September 2019
Premier
Sihle Zikalala Willies Mchunu
Preceded by
Willies Mchunu
Succeeded by
Bheki Ntuli
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
In office 6 May 2009 – 4 September 2019
Personal details
Born
Thomas Mxolisi Kaunda
(1972-09-13) 13 September 1972 (age 51) Inanda, Natal Province, South Africa
Political party
African National Congress
Spouse
Nomzamo
Children
4
Alma mater
University of South Africa University of the Witwatersrand
Thomas Mxolisi Kaunda (born 13 September 1972) is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal serving as the Mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality since 2019. He was the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison from 2016 to 2019 and a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2009 to 2019. Kaunda is a member of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).[2][3][4]
^"Abantu Butho Congress founder takes eThekwini's deputy mayor position". 24 November 2021.
^"Meet KZN's new MECs". City Press - News24. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^Singh, Kaveel (22 August 2019). "ANC finally names new eThekwini and Msunduzi mayors". News24. Retrieved 28 August 2019. The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has finally agreed on a new mayor-elect for the eThekwini metro - and it is current Transport MEC Mxolisi Kaunda.
^ANC says Gumede's resignation withdrawal 'unprecedented', eNCA, 29 August 2019. Retrieved on 29 August 2019.
Thomas MxolisiKaunda (born 13 September 1972) is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal serving as the Mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality...
Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality MxolisiKaunda (born 1972), South African politician Philemon Kaunda, Zambian football player Simon Vuwa Kaunda, Malawian...
and trade unionist Mxolisi Dukwana (born 1964), South African politician MxolisiKaunda (born 1972), South African politician Mxolisi Lukhele (born 1991)...
elected as the new mayor until 13 August 2019. On 5 September 2019 MxolisiKaunda was sworn in as the new mayor. The name of the Durban municipal government...
committee. The ANC's MxolisiKaunda was then re-elected as mayor with the help of smaller parties, including the ABC. After Kaunda's re-election, Mavundla...
Executive Council for Transport, Community Safety & Liaison, replacing MxolisiKaunda, who was elected Mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. Ntuli...
armoured vehicles has raised concern by some critics. After nominating MxolisiKaunda in August 2019 as Durban's new mayor, the ruling ANC begged Gumede to...
mayor Zandile Gumede resigned as mayor in 2019 and was replaced with MxolisiKaunda. Makhosi Khoza stood as the ActionSA candidate for mayor. Following...
the ANC Youth League (ANCYL), serving under Provincial Chairperson MxolisiKaunda. At the provincial league's next elective conference, held at the University...
Freedom Party leader Mbali Ntuli, member of the Democratic Alliance MxolisiKaunda, Mayor of Durban Makoti Khawula, EFF Member of Parliament and former...
State province of South Africa. The current premier of the Free State is Mxolisi Dukwana, who was elected on 24 February 2023. He is a member of the African...
eThekwini council as part of a corps of cadres – also including new Mayor MxolisiKaunda, new Speaker Weziwe Thusi, and new Chief Whip Sibongiseni Mkhize – that...
removed; several other MECs also changed portfolios. In January 2008, Mxolisi Dukwana was appointed as MEC for Public Safety and Security and Mamiki...
while a student at Nkosinathi High School in the 1980s. According to MxolisiKaunda, he became active in the United Democratic Front in Inanda through the...
of Modern Africa". Origins. Retrieved 3 February 2022. Ndlovu, Sifiso Mxolisi (1 January 2010). "Sports as cultural diplomacy: the 2010 FIFA World Cup...
conversation was issued by Vorster to influence Kaunda's public presentation of South African politics. When Kaunda did not react, Vorster published the complete...
Palgrave-Macmillan. pp. 66–68, 93–103. ISBN 978-0-333-45455-8. Ndlovu, Sifiso Mxolisi (2006). The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970–1980. Pretoria: University...