Mr Sdumo Dlamini was the Deputy Minister of Small Business Development from 5 August 2021 to 6 March 2023. He was Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development of the Republic of South Africa from 30 May 2019 to 5 August 2021.
Academic Qualifications
Sdumo Dlamini started schooling at the age of seven, in 1973, at Magugu Higher Primary in Ingwavuma, Kwazulu Natal Province. He attended Ingwavuma High School in 1980 and finished his matriculation in 1984. He later studied for diplomas in General Nursing and Midwifery.
Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities
In 1984, he was one of the ring leaders of the first strike at high school challenging corporal punishment and the system of education and the abuse of the school fund and fees. Only to discover months later that the strike had been spearheaded by the ANC underground operatives when many of his fellow comrades were arrested and detained for almost a year. He was only 17 years. In 1986 to 1988, he did his training as a pupil nurse.
He had joined NEHAWU after they had embarked on an illegal strike in September 1990. Actually, he was elected a shopsteward on the 3rd and have led 6 major strikes in that institution.
He led Nehawu at branch or regional level as chairperson and provincial level. In 2000, he was elected COSATU provincial chairperson, served two terms and elected to a third term in July 2006 to be later elected 1st Deputy President at the ninth national congress of COSATU. He also served in the PEC, PWC as a member of the SACP since 2000 and 2003. He is a loyal member of the ANC which he formally joined in 1990 and participates in its community programmes.”
Sdumo has a paralegal background is a strong negotiator with developed conflict management skills, combined with dispute resolution. He served as president of COSATU.
