Yusuf Bhamjee
Yusuf Bhamjee | |
|---|---|
| Executive Mayor of uMgungundlovu District Municipality | |
| In office 23 April 2008 – August 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Bongi Sithole-Moloi |
| Succeeded by | Thobekile Maphumulo |
| Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature | |
| In office 4 October 2016 – 7 May 2019 | |
| In office August 2007 – March 2008 | |
| In office May 1994 – April 2004 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 23 April 2004 – 10 August 2007 | |
| Constituency | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yusuf Suleman Bhamjee 10 January 1950 Wolmaransstad, Transvaal Union of South Africa |
| Died | 3 January 2025 (aged 74) Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Resting place | Mountain Rise Cemetery Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Spouse |
Sabera Bhamjee
(m. 1977; died 2006) |
| Relations | Hanef Bhamjee (brother) |
| Children | 3 |
Yusuf Suleman Bhamjee (10 January 1950 – 3 January 2025) was a South African politician, academic, and anti-apartheid activist who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 1994 until 2004 and then the National Assembly between 2004 and 2007 when he returned to the provincial legislature. He resigned from the provincial legislature in 2008 to become the Mayor of the uMgungundlovu District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, a position he would hold until 2016. Bhamjee then briefly served as the speaker of the district municipality before returning to the provincial legislature where he served until his retirement from politics in 2019.