Sisa Njikelana
Sisa Njikelana | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 23 April 2004 – 6 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sisa James Njikelana 10 August 1955 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | South African Communist Party |
Sisa James Njikelana (born 10 August 1955) is a South African politician, businessman, and former trade unionist. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014 and chaired the Portfolio Committee on Energy during the 25th Parliament.
During the 1980s, Njikelana was vice-president and general secretary of the South African Allied Workers' Union, a general union which militantly opposed apartheid. He was later the general secretary of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union. He was detained for his political activism on several occasions and was a defendant in the Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial.