Hlanganani Gumbi | |
Office1: | Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature |
Term Start1: | 3 November 2022 |
Term End1: | 29 August 2023 |
Term Start2: | 21 May 2014 |
Term End2: | 7 May 2019 |
Office3: | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa |
Term Start3: | 22 May 2019 |
Term End3: | 3 November 2022 |
Successor3: | Michael Bond |
Birthname: | Hlanganani Siphelele Gumbi |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1989 |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | Democratic Alliance |
Profession: | Politician |
Hlanganani Siphelele Gumbi (born 18 December 1989) is a South African politician. A member of the Democratic Alliance, Gumbi was elected to the eThekwini city council in 2011. In 2014, he was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.[1] Gumbi became a member of the National Assembly of South Africa following the 2019 general election. He was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Tourism.[2] [3] In 2022, he resigned from the National Assembly to return to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature. He was then appointed as the DA KZN Spokesperson on Agriculture and Rural Development.[4]
In late-August 2023, Gumbi announced his resignation as a Member of the Provincial Legislature after he received a Chevening Scholarship to study a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at the University of Liverpool in England.[5]