Siboniso Armstrong Duma was born on 13 December 1975 and is a South African politician who is the provincial chairperson of the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal.
16 Facts About Siboniso Duma
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Siboniso Duma is Member of the Executive Council for Transport and Human Settlements in the KwaZulu-Natal government.
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Siboniso Duma has served in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since 2014 and was the legislature's Chair of Chairs until shortly after his election as ANC provincial chairperson in mid-2022, when he was appointed to the Executive Council of newly elected Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube.
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Siboniso Duma grew up in Mtwalume on the South Coast of what is KwaZulu-Natal province.
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Siboniso Duma's mother was a domestic worker and his father, a construction worker in Durban, died when he was a child.
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Siboniso Duma became politically active while at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he joined the African National Congress Youth League.
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Siboniso Duma was the deputy chairperson of the ANC's George Mbhele local branch on the Lower South Coast between 2004 and 2006.
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In October 2011, at a meeting between the national and provincial ANCYL leaders, Siboniso Duma alleged that the national leadership was "factionalist" and was targeting the KwaZulu-Natal ANCYL because of its support for Zuma.
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Siboniso Duma was re-elected to another term in the provincial legislature in 2019.
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However, Siboniso Duma was nominated for the position by the ANC's John Mchunu local branch in eThekwini and received the support of the eThekwini regional branch.
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Siboniso Duma campaigned at the head of a slate of candidates who represented the so-called "Taliban" faction, which was sympathetic to former party president Jacob Zuma.
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Siboniso Duma later explained that the name alluded to his slate's status as "underdogs" and to "the resilience of the Taliban in fighting against the United States all these years".
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At the ANC's provincial conference on 23 July 2022, Siboniso Duma comfortably defeated Zikalala in the election for provincial chairperson, winning 930 votes to Zikalala's 665.
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Siboniso Duma's election was described as a "big blow" to the re-election campaign of current party president Cyril Ramaphosa ahead of the party's 55th National Conference in December 2022.
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In November 2023, Siboniso Duma was criticised by the African National Congress Women's League for grabbing and lifting the Webb Ellis Cup during the Springboks' celebration tour in Durban following their victory at the 2023 Rugby World Cup and accused of undermining the authority of premier Dube-Ncube.
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Siboniso Duma was appointed MEC for Transport and Human Settlements by Ntuli.