Mr Zolile Burns‐Ncamashe was appointed as Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on from 3 July 2024. He was previously Deputy Minister of Traditional Affairs from 7 March 2023 to 19 June 2024.
Prince Zolile Burns-Ncamashe was born on the 13th of September 1965 in Alice. He is the son of Chief Burns-Ncamashe , a South African politician and a member of National Assembly for the African National Congress.
His education started at Gwali Primary School and then proceeded to Tyume in Lovedale College. He joined the University of Fort Hare where he graduated for a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Honours Degree and Master’s Degree in Social Science.
He joined Cogta under Minister Zweli Mkhize as an advisor on matters of traditional affairs for a short period. The then Minister of Human Settlements Water and Sanitation appointed him to lead as the Chairperson of the National Rapid Response Task Team for the Department of Water and Sanitation.
He has been an active member in the traditional sector dated back in 1995 where he participated in Constitutional Assembly also became the first Deputy Chairperson of the Eastern Cape House of Traditional and Khoisan Leaders.
He served in the House of Traditional Leaders in the Eastern Cape from 1996-2017, and from 2002-2017 as the Deputy Chairperson. He was a right-hand person of the late Ngangomhlaba Matanzima. He was an advisor and spokesperson of the late sister of King Goodwill Zwelithini, Queen Noloyiso Sandile of the AmaRharhabe.
He joined in the National Assembly on the 19th of February in 2021 and served in the Portfolio Committee of Trade and Industry. He was deployed as an MP based in the Mnquma Constituency Office.
