Nomalungela Gina is the Deputy Minister of Trade Industry and Economic Development Department of the Republic of South Africa from 29 May 2019.
Gina is a teacher by profession and has taught at UThungulu district for more than 15 years, she ascended to the school leadership position in that period as well. She has been a member of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), site steward and a North Coast Regional Education Convener for many years.
Gina spearheaded the teacher development, curriculum management programmes and women in leadership seminars in KwaZulu Natal.
Gina was a member of the KZN Provincial Executive Committee of SADTU and a Deputy Chairperson of this organisation. Gina led a lot of heroic teachers’ battles in relation to their working conditions of employment including the leading role in public sector wage negotiation increases. She has always been an active member of the ANC in Richards Bay under Musa Dladla ANC region.
Gina was nominated her for deployment to National Parliament in 2009 and has been a Member of Parliament for the last10 years. She has served in various committees in the social cluster. She served in the Higher Education and Training, as well as Basic Education Portfolio Committee as a Whip. In 2014, she was appointed as the Chairperson of Basic Education Portfolio Committee until 2019. In the 5th Administration, she was the Convener of the social cluster in Parliament
Gina is serving in the Provincial Executive Committee of the South African Communist Party and in the last Congress of 2018, elected as the Provincial Deputy Chairperson of the SACP. She was elected as the Provincial Executive Committee Member in the last Conference of the ANC in KwaZulu Natal. She is currently serving in both structures.
Gina is from Ndwedwe area in ILembe District Municipality, hence her passion for rural development and upliftment of disadvantaged communities. She matriculated at Inanda Seminary and obtained her teaching degree at the University of Zululand. She is a loving mother to two young men.
Whip at National Assembly (Parliament) until 6th May 2014. Constituency Contact at ANC Constituency Office (849): Melmoth (Constituency Office) until 6th May 2014
Source: Department of Trade, Industry and Competition
