About Ricardo Mthembu
Lived 1970 – 2020 (aged 49–50). Ricardo Mthembu was a South African politician.
Njabulo Ricardo Mthembu (1970 – 8 July 2020) was a South African politician.
Career He was a member of the African National Congress and a representative of the party in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2019 to 2020. Mthembu served on the legislature's Portfolio Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Between 2011 and 2019, he served as the Executive Mayor of the KwaDukuza Local Municipality.
He was also the ANC provincial spokesperson and a member of both the party's Provincial Executive Committee and the Provincial Working Committee.
Mthembu died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa on 8 July 2020. He is survived by his wife, five daughters and a son.
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Who was Ricardo Mthembu?
South African politician
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Ricardo Mthembu was born in 1970 in KwaDukuza.
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Ricardo Mthembu died on 8 July 2020 in KwaDukuza.
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Ricardo Mthembu was a politician.
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Ricardo Mthembu was South African.
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