Hannes Combrinck

Johannes Jacobus "Hannes" Combrinck (7 April 1971 – 25 July 2020) was a South African politician, civil servant and farmer who represented the Northern Cape in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2009. He represented the African National Congress (ANC), which he joined in 1998 after becoming disillusioned with the National Party. He later served as Speaker of Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality from 2009 to 2011 and was still working in municipal administration in the Northern Cape when he died in 2020.

Early life and career Combrinck was born on 7 April 1971 After matriculating, he completed mandatory military service with the South African Defence Force and then started work in Upington, where he became involved in politics through the youth council of the National Party (NP), which governed South Africa during apartheid. He served a full term in the seat, leaving after the next general election in 2009.