12 Facts About Jomo Nyambi

Archibold Jomo Nyambi was born on 28 November 1972 and is a South African politician from Mpumalanga.

Jomo Nyambi has been House Chairperson of Committees in the National Council of Provinces since 2014.

Jomo Nyambi was the president of the school's student representative council and was influenced by his elder brother, who went into exile with the anti-apartheid movement.

Jomo Nyambi was the inaugural chairperson of the league's regional branch in Nkomazi.

Jomo Nyambi chaired the local branch of the South African Students Congress at Mgwenya College of Education and he was ultimately promoted to serve as convenor for sports education in SASCO's Mpumalanga provincial branch.

Jomo Nyambi was elected to the Provincial Executive Committee of the Mpumalanga ANCYL in 1998, and in 2002 he was elected as its Provincial Treasurer.

Jomo Nyambi held the latter position until 2008, when his age disqualified him from continued membership in the league.

In 2003, Jomo Nyambi left teaching to become parliamentary liaison officer for Candith Mashego-Dlamini, who was Member of the Executive Council for Public Works in the Mpumalanga Provincial Government.

Jomo Nyambi was promoted to become chief of staff in Mashego-Dlamini's office.

Jomo Nyambi joined Parliament on 24 July 2006, when he was sworn in to the Mpumalanga caucus of the National Assembly; he filled the casual vacancy arising from Garth Mngomezulu's resignation.

Jomo Nyambi was elected to chair the NCOP's Select Committee on Petitions and Members' Legislative Proposals, a position he held throughout the 25th Parliament.

Jomo Nyambi was re-elected to his seat in the NCOP in 2014 and 2019.