Winnie Ngwenya

Winnie Ngwenya is a South African politician, African National Congress (ANC) member and a Delegate of the National Council of Provinces since 2019. She is a member of the Gauteng provincial delegation in the legislature. Ngwenya was previously a Member of the National Assembly from 2005 until 2014. Ngwenya has been mentioned in the ongoing State Capture inquiry.

Early life

Ngwenya was born in the Transvaal Province. She only completed grade 9. She later obtained certificates in management, international relations and leadership skills.

Political career

Ngwenya joined the ANC and was appointed to the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, in 2005. She served on the correctional services and transport committees. She was re-elected to a second term in 2009, but left parliament in 2014. However, she returned to parliament in 2019. This time as a member of the National Council of Provinces, the upper house.

Ngwenya is a PEC member of the ANC in Gauteng and a member of the party's women's league.

State capture allegations

In February 2019, former ANC MP and current COPE spokesperson, Dennis Bloem, said in his testimony at The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture that Ngwenya attempted to recruit him to do tasks for Bosasa. A few weeks earlier, former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi revealed that Ngwenya and other ANC politicians had been receiving bribes of up to R20,000 from the company.