Ricardo Mthembu | |
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Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature | |
In office 22 May 2019 – 8 July 2020 | |
Mayor of the KwaDukuza Local Municipality | |
In office 2011–2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Njabulo Ricardo Mthembu 1970 KwaDukuza, Natal Province, South Africa |
Died | (aged 50) KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Children | 6 |
Profession | Politician |
Njabulo Ricardo Mthembu (1970 – 8 July 2020) was a South African politician.
He was a member of the African National Congress and a representative of the party in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2019 to 2020. Mthembu served on the legislature's Portfolio Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Between 2011 and 2019, he served as the Executive Mayor of the KwaDukuza Local Municipality.[1][2]
He was also the ANC provincial spokesperson and a member of both the party's Provincial Executive Committee and the Provincial Working Committee.[3]
Mthembu died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa on 8 July 2020. He is survived by his wife, five daughters and a son.[4]