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Faith Muthambi
Azwihangwisi Faith Muthambi (born 19 February 1974) is a South African politician who represents the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa. She was formerly the Minister of Public Service and Administration and Minister of Communications under President Jacob Zuma. She returned to the National Assembly in June 2024 after serving a prior stint in her seat between 2009 and 2022.
Muthambi is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and formerly held various positions in the civil service in Limpopo, most proximately as the municipal manager of Makhado Local Municipality from 2004 to 2009. She joined the National Assembly in the April 2009 general election and spent five years as a backbencher before she was appointed as Minister of Communications in Zuma's second-term cabinet.
She led the communications ministry between May 2014 and March 2017, and later she was Minister of Public Service and Administration from March 2017 to February 2018. Her tenure as a minister was controversial due to her apparent links to the Gupta family, and the Zondo Commission labelled her "a Gupta minister" and referred her for prosecution on corruption charges.
After she was sacked from the cabinet by President Cyril Ramaphosa in February 2018, Muthambi served stints as chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. She resigned from Parliament on 28 November 2022 but returned in the next general election in May 2024. In December 2022, she was elected to her second consecutive five-year term as a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee.
Muthambi was born on 19 February 1974. She was a student activist as a teenager, first in the South African National Students Congress between 1989 and 1990 and then, after the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, through the ANC Youth League. She was the secretary of the league's branch in Tshimbupfe in the former Northern Transvaal (present-day Limpopo) from 1991 to 1992, and she joined the branch executive committee of the mainstream ANC in Tshimbupfe in 1992.
From 1993 to 1996, she was a student at the University of Venda, during which time she continued to rise through the ANC's ranks, gaining election as deputy secretary of the ANC branch in the Vuwani zone. She graduated with a BProc in 1996.
Muthambi was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2000. She worked as manager for labour relations in the office of the Premier of Limpopo and as a legal adviser and then manager in various municipalities in Limpopo. Most proximately, she worked at Makhado Local Municipality, where she was the director of the municipal secretariat until July 2004, when she was appointed as acting municipal manager after the incumbent was suspended on corruption charges. She was later appointed to the position permanently, becoming the first woman to hold the job. After some political wrangling, her contract was extended by five years in November 2007.
Her tenure as municipal manager was controversial. Less than a year into her term, on 26 May 2005, she was arrested by the Serious Economic Crime Unit on charges of fraud in relation to the sale of a luxury vehicle. She denied the charges, and they were withdrawn on 1 July. In April 2008, members of the South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) held a protest demanding Muthambi's immediate suspension; the union accused her of nepotism and corruption, among other things in a municipal construction tender awarded to the company of Stanley Radzilani, who allegedly had a close friendship with Muthambi and who was allegedly overpaid for shoddy work. Following further protests and an internal investigation, during which Muthambi took special leave, she was suspended at the end of June 2008. A municipal spokesperson said that Radzilani appeared to be "a boyfriend of some sort", which Muthambi denied, and also said that she was under investigation for nepotism for having allegedly appointed her cousin as a municipal librarian without any job interview. Muthambi said that her suspension had been unprocedural and was "personal", arising from her deteriorating relationship with Makhado mayor Glory Mashaba.
Faith Muthambi
Azwihangwisi Faith Muthambi (born 19 February 1974) is a South African politician who represents the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa. She was formerly the Minister of Public Service and Administration and Minister of Communications under President Jacob Zuma. She returned to the National Assembly in June 2024 after serving a prior stint in her seat between 2009 and 2022.
Muthambi is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and formerly held various positions in the civil service in Limpopo, most proximately as the municipal manager of Makhado Local Municipality from 2004 to 2009. She joined the National Assembly in the April 2009 general election and spent five years as a backbencher before she was appointed as Minister of Communications in Zuma's second-term cabinet.
She led the communications ministry between May 2014 and March 2017, and later she was Minister of Public Service and Administration from March 2017 to February 2018. Her tenure as a minister was controversial due to her apparent links to the Gupta family, and the Zondo Commission labelled her "a Gupta minister" and referred her for prosecution on corruption charges.
After she was sacked from the cabinet by President Cyril Ramaphosa in February 2018, Muthambi served stints as chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. She resigned from Parliament on 28 November 2022 but returned in the next general election in May 2024. In December 2022, she was elected to her second consecutive five-year term as a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee.
Muthambi was born on 19 February 1974. She was a student activist as a teenager, first in the South African National Students Congress between 1989 and 1990 and then, after the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, through the ANC Youth League. She was the secretary of the league's branch in Tshimbupfe in the former Northern Transvaal (present-day Limpopo) from 1991 to 1992, and she joined the branch executive committee of the mainstream ANC in Tshimbupfe in 1992.
From 1993 to 1996, she was a student at the University of Venda, during which time she continued to rise through the ANC's ranks, gaining election as deputy secretary of the ANC branch in the Vuwani zone. She graduated with a BProc in 1996.
Muthambi was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2000. She worked as manager for labour relations in the office of the Premier of Limpopo and as a legal adviser and then manager in various municipalities in Limpopo. Most proximately, she worked at Makhado Local Municipality, where she was the director of the municipal secretariat until July 2004, when she was appointed as acting municipal manager after the incumbent was suspended on corruption charges. She was later appointed to the position permanently, becoming the first woman to hold the job. After some political wrangling, her contract was extended by five years in November 2007.
Her tenure as municipal manager was controversial. Less than a year into her term, on 26 May 2005, she was arrested by the Serious Economic Crime Unit on charges of fraud in relation to the sale of a luxury vehicle. She denied the charges, and they were withdrawn on 1 July. In April 2008, members of the South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) held a protest demanding Muthambi's immediate suspension; the union accused her of nepotism and corruption, among other things in a municipal construction tender awarded to the company of Stanley Radzilani, who allegedly had a close friendship with Muthambi and who was allegedly overpaid for shoddy work. Following further protests and an internal investigation, during which Muthambi took special leave, she was suspended at the end of June 2008. A municipal spokesperson said that Radzilani appeared to be "a boyfriend of some sort", which Muthambi denied, and also said that she was under investigation for nepotism for having allegedly appointed her cousin as a municipal librarian without any job interview. Muthambi said that her suspension had been unprocedural and was "personal", arising from her deteriorating relationship with Makhado mayor Glory Mashaba.