Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 2009 – 9 February 2011 | |
| Minister of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities | |
| In office 11 May 2009 – 31 October 2010 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Lulu Xingwana |
| President of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| General Secretary | Fikile Majola |
| Preceded by | Vusi Nhlapo |
| Succeeded by | Mzwandile Makwayiba |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | South African Communist Party Congress of South African Trade Unions |
Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya is a South African politician and former trade unionist who was the inaugural Minister of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities from May 2009 to October 2010. Before that, she was the first woman president of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union from 2004 to 2009.
A nurse by profession, Mayende-Sibiya joined Nehawu in Natal in 1988. During her tenure as president of the union, she was also an influential figure in the broader Tripartite Alliance: from 2007 to 2012, she served on the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party and on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
Pursuant to the 2009 general election, Mayende-Sibiya took up an ANC seat in the National Assembly and was appointed to the cabinet by President Jacob Zuma. She was in office for less than two years before she was sacked at the end of October 2010. After that, she remained in the National Assembly for another three months, resigning in February 2011 when Zuma appointed her as South African Ambassador to Egypt.