Ntombela was formerly the Provincial Chairperson of the
ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal. He is also a longstanding member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal branch: and the committee appointed him provincial head of campaigns ahead of the
2011 local elections. In March 2012, he stood for election as Regional Chairperson of the ANC's
eThekwini region, the ANC's largest branch in the country, but he was narrowly defeated by
Sibongiseni Dhlomo, won received 277 votes to Ntombela's 242. Ntombela was a
Member of the Provincial Legislature prior to 2014, and in the
2014 general election he was re-elected to his seat, ranked 26th on the ANC's provincial
party list. In November 2015, he stood unsuccessfully for election as
Provincial Secretary of the KwaZulu-Natal ANC; he ran on a slate aligned to outgoing Provincial Chairperson
Senzo Mchunu, and he was defeated by
Super Zuma. He was re-elected to another four-year term on the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in July 2022. == References ==