Mary-Ann Dunjwa
# Mary-Ann Dunjwa

Mary-Ann Lindelwa Dunjwa is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress, she was elected to the National Assembly in 2009. After her re-election in 2014, she became the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health, a position she held until 2019, when she was elected Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.

## Political career

Dunjwa is a member of the African National Congress. Prior to the 2009 general election, she was ranked 17th on the ANC's regional-to-national list. At the election, she won a seat in the National Assembly. She was a member of the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology, a party whip, and the ANC's constituency contact for its Greenbushes constituency office during the 2009–2014 parliamentary term.

Dunjwa was significantly moved up on the ANC's regional-to-national list for the 2014 general election. She topped the list, meaning that she was easily re-elected to parliament at the election. She was then elected chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health. In August 2015, Dunjwa voted for a report by the Minister of Police, Nathi Nhleko that exonerated President Jacob Zuma of paying any money towards the controversial multimillion-rand upgrades at the Nkandla homestead, his private home in KwaZulu-Natal.

For the 2019 general election, Dunjwa was 6th on the ANC's regional-to-national list. She was re-elected at the election and was then elected Chairperson of the newly established Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.

