Luwellyn Tyrone Landers was a South African politician who was the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation between May 2014 and May 2019.
13 Facts About Luwellyn Landers
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Luwellyn Landers represented the African National Congress in the National Assembly of South Africa from May 1994 to May 2019.
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Luwellyn Landers left the Labour Party in September 1993, becoming one of several party leaders to defect to the African National Congress ahead of the 1994 general election.
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Luwellyn Landers remained in his seat for the next 25 years, gaining re-election to five consecutive terms.
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In 2002, Luwellyn Landers replaced Sister Bernard Ncube as the chairman of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests.
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Luwellyn Landers led the committee during its inquiries into the conduct of Terror Lekota and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
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Luwellyn Landers continued to serve in the chair during the Third Parliament, nominated to continue by the ANC after the 2004 general election and formally re-elected as chairman at a meeting in June 2004.
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In November 2010, the ANC announced a major reshuffle of the parliamentary caucus, in which Luwellyn Landers was nominated to succeed Ngoako Ramatlhodi as chairman of the justice committee, by then renamed the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development.
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Luwellyn Landers had remained an ordinary member of that committee since its establishment.
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Luwellyn Landers led the justice committee for the rest of the Fourth Parliament.
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Luwellyn Landers was a member of the ad hoc committee on the judicial conduct code, and he was attached to the ANC's constituency office in Pinetown South, KwaZulu-Natal.
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Luwellyn Landers was one of two deputy ministers in the portfolio, the other being Nomaindia Mfeketo, and both deputised Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
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Indeed, Luwellyn Landers represented South Africa at the United Nations Human Rights Council later in February 2018.