Nandi Ndalane

Ndalane was born in June 1963 in Elim in Vhembe in present-day Limpopo province. In the final years of apartheid, she worked in community development at a local non-governmental organisation called Akanani. During the first post-apartheid elections in 1994, she served as a party agent on the winning campaign of the African National Congress (ANC), and she was subsequently elected as a local councillor in the Vuwani–Hlanganani Transitional Local Council. == Career in provincial government ==

Ndalane was first elected as a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature in the 1999 general election. Regional Treasurer of the ANC's branch in Vhembe. – she chaired the legislature's committee on sports, arts and culture. She held that position until a cabinet reshuffle on 15 September 2016, when she was moved to the Transport, Safety and Security portfolio. In October 2017, she was moved again, to the Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure portfolio, which was viewed as more senior.'''''' While in that office, at the ANC's provincial elective conference in June 2018, Ndalane was elected as an ordinary member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the Limpopo ANC. In the 2019 general election, Ndalane was ranked 15th on the ANC's party list and was re-elected to the provincial legislature. She was also reappointed to Mathabatha's Executive Council, where she took up the post of MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development. At the ANC's next provincial elective conference in June 2022, she became one of several MECs who failed to gain re-election to the ANC Provincial Executive Committee, a development which was seen as rendering her politically vulnerable. In October 2022, Mathabatha transferred her to the Social Development portfolio. Ndalane was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2024 general election. == References ==