Zwakele Maxwell Mncwango was born on 27 November 1978 and is a South African politician who is the provincial chairperson of ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal.
29 Facts About Zwakele Mncwango
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Zwakele Mncwango was a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2018 to 2022 and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2018 to 2019.
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Zwakele Mncwango was the Provincial Leader of the KwaZulu-Natal Democratic Alliance from 2015 to 2021.
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Zwakele Mncwango's father worked as a security guard in Durban, while his mother was a trader in Nongoma.
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Zwakele Mncwango's father is a polygamist and has eighteen children.
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Zwakele Mncwango started to get involved in politics at a young age.
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Zwakele Mncwango's uncle, Albert Mncwango, is a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party and currently the party's Deputy National Chairman.
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Zwakele Mncwango achieved a National Diploma in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Technology in Engineering Management from the Durban University of Technology.
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Zwakele Mncwango recently received a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Zwakele Mncwango has finished a course on Strategic Planning and a Political Leadership course at the International Academy for Leadership in Germany.
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Zwakele Mncwango joined the Democratic Alliance in 2002 after he studied all the major political parties' policies.
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Zwakele Mncwango's family was surprised when he announced his choice of political affiliation, since they were all Inkatha Freedom Party supporters.
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Zwakele Mncwango became a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Youth Parliament in 2006.
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Zwakele Mncwango has held various leadership roles in the Democratic Alliance including vice-chair of a branch, member of the Constituency Executive, provincial youth leader and provincial vice chairperson of the party.
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Zwakele Mncwango was elected an eThekwini municipality councillor for the Democratic Alliance in May 2011.
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Zwakele Mncwango was appointed the leader of the party's caucus in March 2012, succeeding Tex Collins.
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In 2015, Zwakele Mncwango declared his candidacy for Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance.
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Zwakele Mncwango was elected at the party's provincial congress on 25 April 2015, unseating incumbent Sizwe Mchunu by a margin of only seven votes.
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At the council's inaugural sitting, Zwakele Mncwango lost to Zandile Gumede of the African National Congress.
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In February 2018, Zwakele Mncwango won re-election to a second term as Provincial Leader of the party, after he defeated Sizakele Emmanuel Mhlongo.
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Zwakele Mncwango took office as a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in the same month.
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In May 2021, Rodgers became the party's new caucus leader, while Zwakele Mncwango replaced him as caucus chief whip.
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On 5 October 2022, Zwakele Mncwango announced that he would resigning as a Member of the Provincial Legislature on 16 October 2022.
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Zwakele Mncwango stated that he would remain a member of the DA.
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On 8 October 2022, Zwakele Mncwango resigned from the DA after the party alleged that he would be joining ActionSA.
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The DA criticised Zwakele Mncwango for having undertaken an overseas trip to Norway and Uganda under the DA banner while he was planning to leave the party.
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Zwakele Mncwango joined ActionSA on 17 October 2022 and became its provincial chairperson.
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Zwakele Mncwango was involved in a car accident in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal in January 2019.
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In March 2020, Zwakele Mncwango survived an attempted armed hijacking at his home in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal.