Bangokwakhe Madesius "Super" Zuma was born on 1962 and is a South African politician and former trade unionist who served as KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council for Agriculture and Rural Development from February 2023 until June 2024.
15 Facts About Super Zuma
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Super Zuma has represented the African National Congress in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since September 2018, having formerly served in his seat from 2014 to 2015.
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Super Zuma is a former Provincial Secretary of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union.
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Bangokwakhe Madesius Super Zuma was born in 1962 in Impendle in present-day KwaZulu-Natal, then part of Natal province.
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Super Zuma is the third-youngest of four brothers and has two sisters, and he has been nicknamed "Super" since childhood.
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Super Zuma is the nephew of Inkosi Simphiwe Zuma and the uncle of ANC politician Mzi Zuma.
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Super Zuma is indirectly related to former President Jacob Zuma: Simphiwe Zuma's father shared a paternal grandfather with the former President, although they are from different clans.
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Super Zuma chaired a local branch of the African National Congress in Natal from 1992 to 1998, and, after the end of apartheid, he served a stint as an ANC local councillor, beginning with the position of Deputy Mayor of the interim Hilton council from 1995.
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On 8 November 2015, at a party elective conference in Pietermaritzburg, Super Zuma was elected Provincial Secretary of the ANC's branch in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Super Zuma beat Nhlakanipho Ntombela in a vote to take the position.
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Super Zuma served under Provincial Chairperson Sihle Zikalala, with Mluleki Ndobe as his deputy.
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Super Zuma resigned from the provincial legislature in order to take up the full-time party position, and his seat was taken up by Sihle Zikalala; his ANC Regional Secretary position was taken over by Mthandeni Dlungwane.
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Super Zuma was initially the only nominee for the secretarial position but, when the elective conference opened in July 2018, Mdumiseni Ntuli, the outgoing provincial spokesperson, was nominated from the floor of the conference by the ANC Youth League.
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Super Zuma succeeded Ntuli as Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the legislature.
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Super Zuma was named Chief Whip when the legislature was constituted after the election.