Bulelwa Tunyiswa | |
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Member of the Eastern Cape Executive Council for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture | |
In office 9 May 2018 – 7 May 2019 | |
Premier | Phumulo Masualle |
Preceded by | Pemmy Majodina |
Succeeded by | Fezeka Nkomonye-Bayeni |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Middledrift, Cape Province South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Other political affiliations | South African Communist Party |
Alma mater | University of the Western Cape University of Fort Hare |
Bulelwa Tunyiswa is a South African politician who served as the Eastern Cape's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture from May 2018 to May 2019. Before that, she was the Deputy Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature from 2010 to 2018. She lost her position on the Executive Council after the 2019 general election, when she failed to gain re-election to the provincial legislature. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), Tunyiswa has also been a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) since 2012.