Nonkqubela Pieters

Nonkqubela Pieters
MPL
Eastern Cape MEC for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Assumed office
21 June 2024
PremierOscar Mabuyane
Preceded byOffice established
Eastern Cape MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform
In office
9 March 2021 – 14 June 2024
PremierOscar Mabuyane
Preceded byNomakhosazana Meth
Succeeded byNonceba Kontsiwe
Eastern Cape MEC for Human Settlements
In office
29 May 2019 – 9 March 2021
PremierOscar Mabuyane
Preceded byBabalo Madikizela
Succeeded byNonceba Kontsiwe
Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born
Nonkqubela Ntomboxolo Pieters

Somerset East, Cape Province, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Alma materCape College of Education
University of Port Elizabeth
Rhodes University
Wits Business School
University of Fort Hare
OccupationEducator, politician

Nonkqubela Ntomboxolo Pieters is a South African politician and educator who has been the Eastern Cape's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism since 2024 and a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2019, representing the African National Congress (ANC). She previously served as the MEC for Human Settlements from 2019 to 2021 and then as the MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform from 2021 until 2024. Pieters served as the speaker of the Cacadu District Municipality (later renamed to the Sarah Baartman District Municipality) from 2006 to 2018.

In 2022 she aims high on improving rural areas in terms of plant production and animal production programs