About Honourable MEC FV Mlombo

 

 Honorable Fana Vincent "Fidel" Mlombo is a trade unionist who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since August 2016. He is the former Provincial Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in Mpumalanga from 2009 to 2016, and he has also serving as the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) member of the South African Communist Party (SACP).

 Trade union career 

Hon. Mlombo entered politics in 1985 when he joined COSATU. He was active in the Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers' Union while working at a Sappi Plant in Ngodwana outside Nelspruit, he then moved to the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) in 1995 as the Provincial Organiser for the union. In 2002, he joined COSATU as a Provincial Educator/Organiser. He was then elected as Provincial Secretary of COSATU Mpumalanga and also became a CEC member of COSATU since 2009 and he remained in that position until he joined the Provincial Legislature in August 2016. At that time, he was already a PEC member of the SACP in Mpumalanga. 

Provincial Legislature

 MEC Mlombo moved to the legislature after a vacancy had arisen soon after the 2016 Local Government Elections. He was sworn in on the15th August 2016. After the 2019 General Elections, he was elected to his first full term in the Provincial Legislature, ranked number 13th on the ANC's provincial party list. In 2022, he was the Majority Party Chief Whip in the provincial legislature. He was appointed as Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) of the 7th Administration responsible for the Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation in Mpumalanga by the Premier Hon. Mandla Ndlovu the on the 18 June 2024. MEC FV Mlombo is ready to hit the ground in serving the people of Mpumalanga in all spheres of government.