Nombuyiselo Joyce Ngele (19 January 1933 – August 2024) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014.
She was also the first black woman to serve as Mayor of Greater Pretoria.
During apartheid, Ngele worked for 24 years at the United States Embassy in Pretoria, first as a receptionist and then as an administrative clerk.
[1] After the end of apartheid, she represented the ANC as a local councillor in Greater Pretoria until she was elected as Mayor;[1][2] she vacated the mayoral office when Greater Pretoria became the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in 2000.
[4] While in the mayoral office, Ngele was a single mother to three children.