Lindiwe Sisulu (for Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation)
Minister of Public Service and Administration
In office 30 May 2019 – 5 August 2021
President
Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by
Ayanda Dlodlo
Succeeded by
Ayanda Dlodlo
6th Premier of KwaZulu-Natal
In office 22 August 2013 – 23 May 2016
Preceded by
Zweli Mkhize
Succeeded by
Willies Mchunu
Provincial Chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal African National Congress
In office March 2013 – November 2015
Deputy
Willies Mchunu
Preceded by
Zweli Mkhize
Succeeded by
Sihle Zikalala
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council for Education
In office May 2009 – September 2013
Premier
Zweli Mkhize
Preceded by
Ina Cronjé
Succeeded by
Peggy Nkonyeni
Personal details
Born
Edward Senzo Mchunu
(1958-04-21) 21 April 1958 (age 66) eNhlwathi, Hlabisa Natal, Union of South Africa
Political party
African National Congress
Spouse
Thembeka Mchunu
(m. 1990)
Alma mater
University of South Africa
University of Zululand
Edward Senzo Mchunu (born 21 April 1958) is a South African politician currently serving as Minister of Water and Sanitation since 5 August 2021. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was formerly the Minister of Public Service and Administration from 30 May 2019 to 5 August 2021 and the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from 22 August 2013 until 23 May 2016.
A teacher by training, Mchunu was the inaugural Provincial Secretary of the ANC's branch in KwaZulu-Natal after its establishment in 1994, and he was first elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature in 1997. While still in the legislature, he returned to the ANC Provincial Secretary position from 2005 until May 2009, when he was appointed Member of the Executive Council for Education in Zweli Mkhize's provincial government. In 2013, he succeeded Mkhize both as ANC Provincial Chairperson and as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal. He was ousted from the party office in November 2015 in a bitter contest with Sihle Zikalala, and in May 2016 the ANC compelled him to resign from the Premier's office.
Formerly an ally of President Jacob Zuma, Mchunu was politically aligned to Cyril Ramaphosa by 2016. In 2017 he won election to the ANC National Executive Committee and he subsequently served a brief stint as head of organising at Luthuli House, the ANC's national headquarters, until he was appointed to Ramaphosa's cabinet after the 2019 general election. He was re-elected to a second five-year term on the ANC National Executive Committee in December 2022.
Edward SenzoMchunu (born 21 April 1958) is a South African politician currently serving as Minister of Water and Sanitation since 5 August 2021. A member...
2016. She is married to SenzoMchunu, the current Minister of Water and Sanitation and the former premier of KwaZulu-Natal. Mchunu was born on 31 January...
Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula, Premier of KwaZulu-Natal SenzoMchunu, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe who made a eulogy for Meyiwa...
January 2012 SenzoMchunu's removal: 'Premier League' has cemented its support in KZN, Natasha Marrian, Business Day, 25 May 2016 Willies Mchunu and the attack...
Retrieved 30 November 2022. "SenzoMchunu is new ANC KZN Chair". eNCA. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2022. "SenzoMchunu narrowly wins KZN chair"....
Provincial Chairperson on 8 November 2015 after he defeated incumbent SenzoMchunu by a margin of 105 votes. He received 780 votes out of a total of 1,459...
Kiviet MP 2023 – ANC ' The Hon. Ayanda Dlodlo MP 2021 2023 ANC ' The Hon. SenzoMchunu MP 2019 2021 ANC Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure The Hon...
SowetanLIVE. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2021. Mchunu, Senzo (26 May 2014). "The new KZN cabinet - SenzoMchunu". Politicsweb. Retrieved 13 March 2021. "Updated:...
reshuffle". Politicsweb. Retrieved 24 April 2020. Mchunu, Senzo (26 May 2014). "The new KZN cabinet - SenzoMchunu". Politicsweb. Retrieved 24 April 2020. "UPDATED:...
(born 1958) ANC 7 March 2023 (2023-03-07) ↓ 454 days Minister of Water and Sanitation SenzoMchunu (born 1958) ANC 5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) ↓ 1,033 days...
through a joint task team, on which the ANC was represented by Willies Mchunu; the findings of the task team were kept confidential. The court case against...
20 January 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2023. "Ace Magashule unfazed by SenzoMchunu appointment". The Mail & Guardian. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 18 July...
Gordhan, Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini, and former KwaZulu-Natal Premier SenzoMchunu. Ramaphosa's primary opponent was Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who had the...
the slate on Twitter. The slate proposed Ramaphosa as ANC president, SenzoMchunu as his deputy, incumbent Gwede Mantashe as party chairperson, Fikile...
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