Zingile Dingani | |
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Secretary to Parliament | |
In office June 2004 – September 2012 | |
Deputy | Michael Coetzee |
Preceded by | Sindiso Mfenyana |
Succeeded by | Michael Coetzee |
Member of the Free State Executive Council for Finance and Expenditure | |
In office 1999–2004 | |
Succeeded by | Playfair Morule |
Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature | |
In office 1996–2004 | |
Provincial Chairperson of the Free State African National Congress | |
In office February 1997 – August 1998 | |
Deputy | Benny Kotsoane |
Preceded by | Pat Matosa |
Succeeded by | Ace Magashule |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office May 1994 – December 1996 | |
Constituency | Free State |
Personal details | |
Born | Zingile Alfred Dingani 8 September 1958 |
Citizenship | South Africa |
Political party | African National Congress |
Alma mater | University of the Free State |
Zingile Alfred Dingani (born 8 September 1958) is a South African politician and civil servant who was the Secretary to Parliament from June 2004 until his dismissal in September 2012. Before that, he was the Free State's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance and Expenditure from 1999 to 2004.
Dingani served in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1996 and in the Free State Provincial Legislature from 1996 to 2004. A member of the African National Congress (ANC) since 1982, he was also Provincial Chairperson of the ANC's Free State from 1997 to 1998. His dismissal as Secretary to Parliament followed a finding by Parliament that he had convened parliamentary rules and the Public Finance Management Act by soliciting and receiving an R186,000 advance on his salary.