Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi

Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
In office 6 June 2014 – 25 May 2019
President	Jacob Zuma
Minister	Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane Naledi Pandor
Preceded by	Michael Masutha
Succeeded by	Position dissolved
Leader of the National Freedom Party
In office 25 January 2011 – 6 September 2021
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office 21 May 2014 – 20 June 2019
Personal details
Born	(1962-02-01)1 February 1962 Makhosini, Natal, South Africa
Died	6 September 2021(2021-09-06) (aged 59) Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Political party	National Freedom Party

Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi (1 February 1962 – 6 September 2021) was a South African politician who was the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of South Africa in the cabinet of Jacob Zuma. She was also President of the National Freedom Party (NFP). Prior to being elected to Parliament, she served for nineteen years as a councillor, fifteen of those years as Mayor of the Zululand District Municipality.^[1] She was formerly chairperson of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the IFP's candidate for Premier of KwaZulu-Natal in the 2009 general election. ^[2]

On 7 May 2014, her new party successfully contested the 2014 South African general elections by receiving 288,742 (1.57%) of the national votes. This outcome placed the NFP in fifth place, winning 6 seats in the National Assembly.^[3]