| Lulama Ngcukayitobi | |
|---|---|
| Provincial Secretary of the Eastern Cape African National Congress | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
| Deputy | Helen Sauls-August |
| Chairperson | Oscar Mabuyane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1972 (1972-12) (age 52) |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Relations | Tembeka Ngcukaitobi (brother) |
Lulama Ngcukayitobi (born December 1972) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. He has been the provincial secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape since October 2017.
Tenure as provincial secretary
Ngcukayitobi was elected as ANC provincial secretary on 1 October 2017 during a chaotic party conference that became infamous as the "festival of chairs"; his election was unopposed after the other candidate, Andile Lungisa, became indisposed during the chaos. He was re-elected in May 2022, receiving 807 votes against the 667 cast for Teris Ntutu. He ran on the slate of provincial chairperson Oscar Mabuyane.
In June 2024, in the aftermath of the recent general election, Ngcukayitobi announced and then rescinded his resignation from the party leadership. The Sunday Times reported that he had been opposed to the ANC's participation in a national coalition with the Democratic Alliance, but that ANC leaders Gwede Mantashe and Fikile Mbalula had persuaded him to stay on.
He is considered a possible candidate to succeed Mabuyane as provincial chairperson in 2026.
Personal life
Ngcukayitobi was born in December 1972. He is from a prominent family in Cala, Eastern Cape; his brother, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, is a prominent lawyer. Their mother, Nomsa, was a domestic worker, a teacher at a school for the disabled, and then a nurse, and their father, Gcinabantu Hutchinson, was a mineworker in Johannesburg and then a clerk at the Magistrate's Court in Cofimvaba. Ngcukayitobi launched the Gcinabantu Hutchison Ngcukayitobi Foundation in Cala in December 2022.
References
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- "Oscar Mabuyane elected chair as a challenge to #ANCECConference looms". The Mail & Guardian. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- Tandwa, Lizeka (9 May 2022). "Oscar Mabuyane makes a clean sweep at ANC Eastern Cape conference". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- Yende, Sizwe Sama (9 May 2022). "Mabuyane's victory a boost for Ramaphosa's re-election bid". City Press. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- "ANC Eastern Cape heavyweight withdraws resignation". Sowetan. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- "Ngcukaytobi withdraws resignation as EC ANC Provincial Secretary". SABC News. 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- Tandwa, Lizeka (11 June 2024). "National officials step in to persuade ANC Eastern Cape secretary to withdraw resignation". Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- Naki, Eric Mthobeli (20 November 2024). "ANC Eastern Cape divided over Mabuyane's successor as chair". The Citizen. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- "'Kind community activist' Nomsa Ngcukayitobi dies, aged 79". Sunday Times. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- Campbell, Carol (15 April 2018). "Seminal work fills in missing history of black legal thinking on human rights". Africa Legal. Retrieved 16 November 2023.