Zuko Godlimpi | |
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Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition | |
Assumed office 3 July 2024 Serving with Andrew Whitfield | |
President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Minister | Parks Tau |
Preceded by | Fikile Majola Nomalungelo Gina |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 14 June 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ludeke, Cape Province South Africa | 21 March 1992
Political party | African National Congress |
Alma mater | Walter Sisulu University University of South Africa University of Pretoria |
Zuko Godlimpi (born 21 March 1992) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. He has been serving as Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition since July 2024. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was elected to his first term in the National Assembly in the May 2024 general election.
Godlimpi entered politics as a student activist in the South African Students Congress and rose to prominence in the ANC Youth League. In December 2022, he was the youngest candidate elected to a five-year term on the ANC National Executive Committee. Until his elevation to the National Assembly in 2024, he worked as a political staffer in the ANC-led Eastern Cape Provincial Government, most recently as special adviser to Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane.