Zuko Godlimpi
Zuko Godlimpi | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2024 Serving with Andrew Whitfield (3 July 2024 – 26 June 2025),
Alexandra Abrahams (17 Nov 2025-) | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | Parks Tau |
| Preceded by | Fikile Majola Nomalungelo Gina |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1992 |
| Party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | Walter Sisulu University University of South Africa University of Pretoria |
Zuko Godlimpi (born 21 March 1992) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. He has been serving as Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition since July 2024. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was elected to his first term in the National Assembly in the May 2024 general election.
Godlimpi entered politics as a student activist in the South African Students Congress and rose to prominence in the ANC Youth League. In December 2022, he was the youngest candidate elected to a five-year term on the ANC National Executive Committee. Until his elevation to the National Assembly in 2024, he worked as a political staffer in the ANC-led Eastern Cape Provincial Government, most recently as special adviser to Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane.