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Nokwethemba Thelisile Biyela (born 15 October 1954) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly during the first post-apartheid Parliament. Though she was not initially elected in the 1994 election, she was sworn in during the legislative term. At that time she was secretary of the ANC Women's League in Northern Natal.

Ahead of the 1999 general election, Biyela joined the breakaway United Democratic Movement (UDM) and stood unsuccessfully for re-election, in the KwaZulu-Natal constituency, under its banner. She remained a member of the UDM thereafter; most recently, in the 2014 general election, she was ranked first on the party's list for KwaZulu-Natal, but again did not secure election.

References

1. ^ "General Notice: Notice 921 of 1999 – List of candidates submitted in terms of the Electoral Act, 1998" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 407, no. 20070. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 May 2009. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
2. South Africa: Campaign and Election Report April 26–29, 1994. International Republican Institute. 1994. Retrieved 13 April 2023 – via Yumpu.
3. "Members of the National Assembly". Parliament of South Africa. 3 June 1998. Archived from the original on 28 June 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
4. "Women's League rebels get a lashing from the regions". The Mail & Guardian. 24 February 1995. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
5. "Nokwethemba Thelisile Biyela". People's Assembly. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

External links

• Nokwethemba Thelisile Biyela at People's Assembly

• Living people
• 1954 births
• African National Congress politicians
• United Democratic Movement (South Africa) politicians
• 21st-century South African politicians
• 21st-century South African women politicians
• 20th-century South African women politicians
• Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994–1999
• Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa