Tandeka Gqada

Tandeka Gqada
Member of the Cape Town City Council
Assumed office
9 November 2021
In office
21 May 2011 – May 2014
Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy
In office
1 January 2017 – 7 May 2019
LeaderMmusi Maimane
Preceded byGordon Mackay
Succeeded byCheryl Phillips
Shadow Deputy Minister of Human Settlements
In office
5 June 2014 – 1 January 2017
LeaderMmusi Maimane
Preceded byPetronella Duncan
Succeeded byTarnia Baker
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
Alma materUniversity of South Africa
ProfessionPolitician

Tandeka Gqada is a South African businesswoman, politician and a councillor for the Democratic Alliance in the City of Cape Town since November 2021. Gqada had previously served as a DA councillor in the City of Cape Town where she was an Executive Member of the Mayoral Committee. She is a former Member of Parliament for the DA (2014–2019). She served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Human Settlements from 2014 to 2017 and as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy from 2017 to 2019.