Nhlakanipho Ntombela

Nhlakanipho Ntombela is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature since before 2014. He is also a longstanding member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the KwaZulu-Natal ANC, and in December 2021 he was elected Deputy Regional Chairperson of the ANC's Moses Mabhida branch in Umgungundlovu District.

Political career Ntombela was formerly the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal. He is also a longstanding member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal branch: and the committee appointed him provincial head of campaigns ahead of the 2011 local elections. In March 2012, he stood for election as Regional Chairperson of the ANC's eThekwini region, the ANC's largest branch in the country, but he was narrowly defeated by Sibongiseni Dhlomo, won received 277 votes to Ntombela's 242.

Ntombela was a Member of the Provincial Legislature prior to 2014, and in the 2014 general election he was re-elected to his seat, ranked 26th on the ANC's provincial party list. In November 2015, he stood unsuccessfully for election as Provincial Secretary of the KwaZulu-Natal ANC; he ran on a slate aligned to outgoing Provincial Chairperson Senzo Mchunu, and he was defeated by Super Zuma. He was re-elected to another four-year term on the ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in July 2022.