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Koliswa Vimbayo is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2019. Until 2019, she was the Mayor of Chris Hani District Municipality.

Political career

Vimbayo was formerly the Executive Mayor of Chris Hani and the Regional Chairperson of the ANC's branch in the area. She lost the latter position at a regional party conference in August 2018, when Wongama Gela won election to the position, securing 144 votes against Vimbayo's 29. The following year, in the 2019 general election, Vimbayo was elected to an ANC seat in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature, ranked 35th on the ANC's provincial party list.

References

1. "Chris Hani rings changes to its mayoral committee". Dispatch. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
2. "Mayor opens case as car broken into". Dispatch. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
3. ^ "Wongama Gela shifts in to hot seat as ANC chair in Chris Hani area". The Rep. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-15 – via PressReader.
4. "Koliswa Vimbayo". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-02-15.

External links

• Koliswa Vimbayo at People's Assembly

• African National Congress politicians
• Living people
• Members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
• 21st-century South African politicians
• Women mayors of places in South Africa
• 21st-century South African women politicians