Christian Themba Msimang

Christian Themba Msimang is a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly from May 2009 until May 2014, from August 2014 to November 2017 and again from May 2019 to May 2024. Msimang is a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party.

Career Msimang served as the deputy secretary-general of the Inkatha Freedom Party during the early-2000s.

Parliamentary career Msimang was nominated to the National Assembly in the aftermath of the 2009 general election and was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 6 May 2009.

He was placed low on the party's candidate list for the 2014 general election. As a consequence, he did not return to Parliament after the election. MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini died on 16 August 2014 and the party appointed Msimang as his successor. He was sworn in on 23 August and later retired as an MP on 1 November 2017.

He returned to Parliament following the 2019 general election. He was not placed on any IFP candidate list for the 2024 general election and left parliament as a result.

Committee memberships Joint Constitutional Review Committee Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services