Dina Pule | |
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 Pule at the 13th National Conference of the ANC Women's League in July 2023 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2024 | |
| In office 6 May 2009 – 6 May 2014 | |
| Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress Women's League | |
| Assumed office 23 July 2023 | |
| President | Sisi Tolashe |
| Secretary-General | Nokuthula Nqaba |
| Preceded by | Weziwe Tikana |
| Minister of Communications | |
| In office 24 October 2011 – 9 July 2013 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Roy Padayachie |
| Succeeded by | Yunus Carrim |
| Member of the Mpumalanga Executive Council for Agriculture and Land Administration | |
| In office 13 February 2007 – 14 May 2008 | |
| Premier | Thabang Makwetla |
| Preceded by | Madala Masuku |
| Succeeded by | David Mabuza |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 July 1960 Hazyview, Transvaal Union of South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa |
Dina Deliwe Pule (born 19 July 1960) is a South African politician who represents the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa. She has been the Deputy Secretary-General of the ANC Women's League since July 2023. Before that, she was Minister of Communications under President Jacob Zuma from October 2011 to July 2013.
Born in Mpumalanga, Pule first held public office as a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature for a single term between 2004 and 2009. During that period, she held several portfolios as a Member of the Executive Council under former Premier Thabang Makwetla. After her election to the National Assembly in 2009, she served under Zuma as Deputy Minister of Communications from 2009 to 2010 and Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation from 2010 to 2011, before being appointed to Zuma's cabinet in 2011.
She was fired from the cabinet in July 2013 during a parliamentary inquiry into allegations that she had contravened the parliamentary code of conduct. The allegations were ultimately substantiated by Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests and by the Public Protector, leading Parliament to suspend and reprimand Pule. After this misconduct finding, Pule declined to stand for re-election as an ordinary Member of Parliament in the 2014 general election.
At the ANC's 55th National Conference in December 2022, Pule was elected to a five-year term as a member of the ANC National Executive Committee. She had previously served on the committee between 2007 and 2012. Thereafter she returned to the National Assembly in the 2024 general election.