Sihle Zikalala

Sihle Zikalala
Zikalala in 2018
Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
Assumed office
3 July 2024
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterDean Macpherson
Preceded byBernice Swarts
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
In office
7 March 2023 – 30 June 2024
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
DeputyBernice Swarts
Preceded byPatricia de Lille
Succeeded byDean Macpherson
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
6 February 2023
Preceded byMervyn Dirks
ConstituencyKwaZulu-Natal
8th Premier of KwaZulu-Natal
In office
27 May 2019 – 5 August 2022
Preceded byWillies Mchunu
Succeeded byNomusa Dube-Ncube
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
In office
11 August 2022 – 31 January 2023
PremierNomusa Dube-Ncube
Preceded bySipho Hlomuka
Succeeded byBongi Sithole-Moloi
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs
In office
7 June 2016 – 27 May 2019
PremierWillies Mchunu
Preceded byMike Mabuyakhulu
Succeeded byNomusa Dube-Ncube
Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal
In office
8 November 2015 – 23 July 2022
DeputyWillies Mchunu
Preceded bySenzo Mchunu
Succeeded bySiboniso Duma
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
In office
26 November 2015 – 31 January 2023
Personal details
Born (1973-08-06) 6 August 1973 (age 51)
Ndwedwe, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Spouse
Nelly Zikalala
(m. 2006)
Alma materUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal
OccupationPolitician

Sihle Zikalala (born 6 August 1973) is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2023, representing the African National Congress. He was Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure from March 2023 to June 2024. Before his redeployment to the national government, he had been the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal and a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.

He served as the 8th Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from 2019 until his resignation in 2022 and as the Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress from 2015 to 2022. He has held various leadership positions in the ANC. From 2016 to 2019, he served as the MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Zikalala puts his foot (or bum) in it, IOL, Pietermaritzburg, 26 November 2015. Retrieved on 19 April 2019.
  2. ^ Stolley, Giordano. ANC dismisses criticism of KZN cabinet reshuffle, Mail & Guardian, 9 June 2016. Retrieved on 19 April 2019.
  3. ^ Celebrations as Sihle Zikalala's elected new KZNANC chairperson, eNCA, 8 November 2015. Retrieved on 19 April 2019.
  4. ^ New KZN MECs sworn in, The Citizen, 7 June 2016. Retrieved on 4 July 2019.

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