Lydia Johnson

Lydia Johnson
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
In office
until 7 May 2019
Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
In office
8 October 2013 – 7 May 2019
Preceded byPeggy Nkonyeni
Succeeded byNtobeko Boyce
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council for Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development
In office
May 2009 – November 2011
PremierZweli Mkhize
Preceded byMtholephi Mthimkhulu
Succeeded byMeshack Radebe
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council for Public Works
In office
November 2006 – May 2009
PremierS'bu Ndebele
Preceded byBlessed Gwala
Succeeded byMaggie Govender
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Lydia Johnson is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature until 2019. She was the legislature's Speaker from 2013 to 2019 and previously served in the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council between 2006 and 2011: she was KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works from 2006 to 2009 and MEC for Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Rural Development from 2009 to 2011. In June 2022, she was appointed board chairperson at Ezemvelo.