Mwelo Nonkonyana
South African politician and traditional leader (born 1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mwelo Nonkonyana (born 15 November 1957) is a South African politician, sports administrator, and Pondo traditional leader. He is currently serving as provincial chairperson of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) in the Eastern Cape, an office which he formerly held from 1991 to 2008. He is also a former vice-president of the South African Football Association (Safa).
Mwelo Nonkonyana | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office June 1999 ā 6 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1957-11-15) 15 November 1957 (age 66) |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Serving since 1993 as the chief of the amaBhala clan, Nonkonyana was the inaugural chairperson of the Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders from 1996 to 1999. Between 1999 and 2014, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) for three terms in the National Assembly. During the same period, he remained active in his Contralesa office, as well as in Safa.
Often a controversial figure, Nonkonyana was expelled from Contralesa in October 2009 and from Safa in October 2014. In July 2020, he was additionally fired as chairperson of the Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders, an office to which he had returned in 2017. Although his efforts to return to Safa failed, he was re-admitted to Contralesa in 2017 and resumed the provincial chairmanship in March 2022.