1. Nomafrench Mbombo was born on 6 September 1966 and is a South African academic and politician who has been a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since 2014, representing the Democratic Alliance.
17 Facts About Nomafrench Mbombo
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Nomafrench Mbombo previously served as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport from 2014 to 2015 and as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Health from 2015 until 2024.
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Nomafrench Mbombo spent her childhood in Mdantsane, East London in the former Cape Province.
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Nomafrench Mbombo earned a PhD in the fields of Gender and Human Rights from the University of the Western Cape.
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Nomafrench Mbombo achieved her Masters in Maternal and Child Health from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and her Bachelors in Nursing Science from the University of Fort Hare.
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Nomafrench Mbombo was then employed in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provincial and local government health departments.
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Nomafrench Mbombo was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in the 8 May 2014 election and was sworn in as a Member on 21 May 2014.
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Nomafrench Mbombo represents the Philippi region of the City of Cape Town.
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Nomafrench Mbombo was sworn in as Provincial Minister on 26 May 2014.
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Nomafrench Mbombo would become Western Cape Provincial Minister of Health, while Botha would take her position.
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Nomafrench Mbombo subsequently declared her candidacy and was elected at the party's Federal Congress on 7 April 2018.
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In December 2020, Nomafrench Mbombo was criticised for posting on Facebook that she was on holiday in Limpopo, amid the second wave of COVID-19 infections in the Western Cape.
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Nomafrench Mbombo said that it was a "well-deserved, long overdue break".
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On 28 April 2021, Nomafrench Mbombo resigned as the Federal Leader of the DA's Women's Network.
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Nomafrench Mbombo's resignation came after Bonginkosi Madikizela resigned as DA provincial leader and the Provincial Minister of Transport and Public Works.
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In February 2023, Nomafrench Mbombo was officially named the Patron of the University of Cape Town's Global Surgery Programme, which was established to help create an environment that will empower leaders in their respective fields to be change agents in the health sector.
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Later in 2023, Nomafrench Mbombo was one of the candidates awarded in "The Governing Woman" category in the Mail and Guardian's annual Power of Women award ceremony.