Sizani Dlamini-Dubazana

Zephroma Sizani Dlamini-Dubazana is a South African politician and African National Congress member who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2009 to 2019. Dlamini-Dubazana is known for being a supporter of the former ANC president and President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma.

Early life and education Dlamini-Dubazana is from the Nkumba village in Bulwer. She graduated from the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Arts in Nursing Science (B Cur) in 1984 and worked as a nursing lecturer between 1990 and 1994.

Political career Dlamini-Dubazana served in the underground structures of the African National Congress when the party was banned and was a member of the United Democratic Front between 1982 and 1989. She was a member of the KwaZulu-Natal ANC Provincial Executive Committee as well as the Provincial Working Committee and chaired the Economic Transformation PEC sub-committee.

Parliamentary career Dlamini-Dubazana topped the ANC KwaZulu-Natal province-to-national list in the 2009 general election and was thus elected to a seat in the National Assembly of South Africa.

In August 2017, Dlamini-Dubazana and four other ANC MPs boycotted a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation which was chaired by outspoken Zuma critic Dr Makhosi Khoza. ANC chief whip and Chief Whip of the Majority Party Jackson Mthembu condemned their actions.

Dlamini-Dubazana was not placed on any ANC candidate list for the 2019 South African general election and left parliament at the election as a result. Dlamini-Dubazana campaigned on appointing youthful ANC members as deputy ministers, opposing the ANC's current cadre deployment policy, and empowering women.