Mzwandile Masina | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 14 June 2024 | |
In office 21 May 2014 – 23 August 2016 | |
Mayor of Ekurhuleni | |
In office 23 August 2016 – 22 November 2021 | |
Preceded by | Mondli Gungubele |
Succeeded by | Tania Campbell |
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry | |
In office 25 May 2014 – 23 August 2016 | |
President | Jacob Zuma |
Minister | Rob Davies |
Preceded by | Thandi Tobias Elizabeth Thabethe |
Succeeded by | Bulelani Magwanishe |
Personal details | |
Born | Mzwandile Collen Masina 2 September 1974 East Rand, Transvaal South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Spouse |
Sinazo Masina (m. 2016) |
Mzwandile Collen Masina (born 2 September 1974) is a South African politician from Gauteng who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since June 2024. He is the chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition. He was formerly the Mayor of Ekurhuleni from 2016 to 2021 and the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry from 2014 to 2016.
Born in Ekurhuleni, Masina entered politics as a student activist. He rose to prominence in 2013 when he was appointed as the interim national leader of the ANC Youth League. After that he joined the National Assembly in the May 2014 general election, and he served two years as a deputy minister in the government of President Jacob Zuma. He was a staunch political ally to Zuma throughout Zuma's presidency.
Pursuant to the August 2016 local elections, he was elected as Mayor of Ekurhuleni, a position he held for the next five years. He was also the chairperson of the ANC's regional branch in Ekurhuleni between 2014 and 2022. In December 2022 he was elected to a five-year term as a member of the ANC National Executive Committee.