South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office February 2014 – 22 September 2017
President
Jacob Zuma
Preceded by
Zola Skweyiya
Succeeded by
Nomatemba Tambo
Mayor of Durban
In office 1996–2012
Preceded by
Mike Lipschitz
Succeeded by
James Nxumalo
Personal details
Born
Obed Thembinkosi Mlaba
(1943-09-09) 9 September 1943 (age 80) Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal
Political party
African National Congress
Spouse
Nomfundo Audrey
Alma mater
International Management Centre
Obed Thembinkosi Mlaba (born 9 September 1943) is the former High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom and served as mayor of Durban, one of the largest and most commercially active cities in South Africa.
Obed Thembinkosi Mlaba (born 9 September 1943) is the former High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom and served as mayor of Durban, one...
Mlaba is a South African surname. Notable people with the surname include: Nonkululeko Mlaba (born 2000), South African cricketer ObedMlaba (born 1943)...
Zweli Mkhize, former premier of KwaZulu-Natal and former treasure of ANC ObedMlaba, former Mayor of Durban Johnson Mlambo, revolutionary Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka...
2007 [13] Archived 13 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Open Letter to ObedMlaba & Mike Sutcliffe by COHRE [14] Archived 13 October 2007 at the Wayback...
adoption of South Africa's new municipal governance system. In July 1996, ObedMlaba was appointed mayor of Durban UniCity; in 1999 he was elected mayor of...
Durban UniCity where an African National Congress 1994 mayoral candidate ObedMlaba was then appointed the mayor. In the year 2003, a constitutional amendment...
he was considered the frontrunner to succeed longstanding incumbent ObedMlaba as Mayor of eThekwini. He was indeed elected in 2011. By 2014, while still...
Municipality, the ANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, with ObedMlaba being elected to a third term (his second six-year term) in office as...
Machine, Centre on Housing Rights & Evictions, Geneva, 2008 Open Letter to ObedMlaba and Michael Sutcliffe, Centre on Housing Rights & Evictions, Geneva, 2007...
that this was not the case. Among the notable supporters of ubhejane was ObedMlaba, who was the mayor of Durban during the 2000s, as well as former South...
February 2014 President Jacob Zuma Preceded by Lindiwe Mabuza Succeeded by ObedMlaba Minister of Social Development In office 1999–2009 President Thabo Mbeki...
Part of 1996 Africa Cup of Nations football contest played in Durban. ObedMlaba becomes mayor. City website Durban.gov.za launched (approximate date)...
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