Zukiswa_Ncitha
Zukiswa Veronica Ncitha is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Council of Provinces since June 2015. Before that, she was the inaugural Executive Mayor of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality between May 2011 and June 2015. The ANC removed her from the mayoral office after she was charged with fraud and corruption in a scandal involving the alleged misappropriation of public funds designated for former President Nelson Mandela's funeral. A former union activist in the Eastern Cape, Ncitha served on the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) from 2007 until 2012.