Jerry Ndou

Jerry Ndou
Delegate to the National Council of Provinces
Assumed office
6 October 2022
ConstituencyLimpopo
Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
In office
21 May 2014 – 6 October 2022
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs
In office
October 2017 – May 2019
PremierStan Mathabatha
Preceded byMakoma Makhurupetje
Succeeded byBasikopo Makamu
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure
In office
May 2014 – October 2017
PremierStan Mathabatha
Preceded byDickson Masemola (for Public Works)
Succeeded byNandi Ndalane
Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress in Limpopo
In office
February 2014 – June 2018
ChairpersonStan Mathabatha
Preceded byDickson Masemola
Succeeded byFlorence Radzilani
Personal details
Born
Azwindini Jeremiah Dingaa Ndou
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Azwindini Jeremiah "Jerry" Ndou is a South African politician and diplomat who has served as a Delegate to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) since October 2022. Before that, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature and Limpopo Executive Council.

Formerly an activist in the ANC Youth League, Ndou was a Member of Parliament in South Africa's first democratic Parliament from 1994 to 1999. Between 1999 and 2014, he held diplomatic posts as South African High Commissioner to Zimbabwe, Ambassador to Libya, and Ambassador to Ireland. In early 2014 he was elected Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the ANC in Limpopo, and pursuant to the 2014 general election he became a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. Stan Mathabatha, then the Premier of Limpopo, appointed him Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure (2014–2017) and MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs (2017–2019).

Ndou failed to gain re-election as ANC Deputy Chairperson in 2018 but was re-elected to his legislative seat in the 2019 general election and became Deputy Speaker of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. He left that office, and the provincial legislature, in October 2022, when he filled a casual vacancy in the NCOP.