Thembi Nwedamutswu

Thembisile Ellen Nwedamutswu (; 17 December 1960 – 9 January 2015) was a South African politician and civil servant who served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council for Education from May 2014 until her death in January 2015. She was first elected to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature in the 2014 general election, which took place shortly after she was elected Provincial Treasurer of the Limpopo branch of the African National Congress. Before the 2014 election, she was a chief executive officer of the Independent Development Trust for ten years, and she also formerly worked in national and provincial public administration.

Early life and career Nwedamutswu was born on 17 December 1960 in Swaziland. She was the fourth child of Gilbert and Ntoni Mkhumane, who were South Africans from Natal province. She returned to South Africa in 1991. Later that year, she left the Independent Development Trust ahead of the 2014 general election, in which she was elected to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, ranked 21st on the ANC's provincial party list. After the election, Mathabatha, in his capacity as Premier of Limpopo, appointed Nwendamutswu to the Limpopo Executive Council as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education.

Personal life and death She was married to Mamabolo Nwedamutswu, whom she met when he joined Umkhonto weSizwe in exile in Swaziland. Zweli Mkhize and national ministers Angie Motshekga and Edna Molewa were among those who spoke at her funeral.