Nqaba Bhanga | |
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Leader of the Opposition in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
In office 9 December 2021 – 1 December 2023 | |
Premier | Oscar Mabuyane |
Preceded by | Bobby Stevenson |
In office 22 May 2019 – 4 March 2020 | |
Preceded by | Bobby Stevenson |
Succeeded by | Bobby Stevenson |
Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
In office 9 December 2021 – 1 December 2023 | |
In office 22 May 2019 – 4 March 2020 | |
Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay | |
In office 4 December 2020 – 22 November 2021 | |
Preceded by | Tshonono Buyeye (acting) Mongameli Bobani |
Succeeded by | Eugene Johnson |
Eastern Cape Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance | |
In office 6 May 2017 – 25 February 2023 | |
Preceded by | Athol Trollip |
Succeeded by | Andrew Whitfield |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
In office 1 December 2011 – 6 August 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bennet Mzwenqaba Bhanga 28 August 1977 Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress (up to 2010) COPE (2011–2014) Democratic Alliance (2014–2023) |
Bennet Mzwenqaba Bhanga (born 28 August 1977), known as Nqaba Bhanga, is a South African politician. He is the former Leader of the Official Opposition in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature, the former Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape, a former Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, a former Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Human Settlements in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, a former member of Parliament, and the DA's former Shadow Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA).[1]