Thandi Mpambo-Sibhukwana
Thandi Gloria Mpambo-Sibhukwana was a South African educator and legislator. She was a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from 2014 to 2019 and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 until her death in 2020. She was a member of the Democratic Alliance and a member of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development.
Career
Mpambo-Sibhukwana worked as an isiXhosa teacher at Wynberg Girls' High School until 2010 when she accepted a position at the Western Cape provincial government.Political career
She joined the Democratic Alliance and became a Member of the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of parliament, in May 2014. She was part of the Western Cape provincial delegation. Mpambo-Sibhukwana was elected to lower house, the National Assembly, in May 2019.DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane appointed her shadow deputy minister of social development, as she was assigned to serve on the Portfolio Committee on Social Development. Her constituency was the Drakenstein and Saldanha Bay from 2014 until 2019. She was elected head of the Oostenberg South constituency in 2019.