Mpumelelo Saziwa

Mpumelelo Saziwa is a South African politician and trade unionist who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2014.

He also serves as the Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape and he was formerly the Provincial Chairperson of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).

Saziwa was formerly the Deputy Provincial Chairperson[1] and then the Provincial Chairperson[2] of Cosatu in the Eastern Cape; he represented the South African Democratic Teachers' Union in the congress.

[5] He was re-elected to the provincial legislature in the 2019 general election, ranked 33rd.

[6][7] Saziwa is also the Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the SACP in the Eastern Cape, serving under Provincial Chairperson Mzoleli Mrara; he was re-elected unopposed to that position in June 2022.