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Bennet Mzwenqaba Bhanga

Politician

Bennet Mzwenqaba Bhanga is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bennet Mzwenqaba Bhanga				[sources]
Birth date	1977-08-28				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (past) · State government (past)				[sources]
First name	Bennet Mzwenqaba				[sources]
Last name	Bhanga				[sources]
Title	Mr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q47890991				[sources]
Position	Congress of the People (COPE) (Member, -2014) · DA Constituency Area: Ngqura (Constituency Contact, 2014-2016) · Democratic Alliance (DA) (Member, 2014-2023) · Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (80th Candidate, 2014-2014) · Democratic Alliance Provincial Eastern Cape Election List 2019 (1st Candidate, 2019-2019) · 12 more...				[sources]
Source link	www.pa.org.za				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-05	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

South African politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the National Assembly of South Africa	2014-05-21	2016-08-06

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,230

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,820

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South Africa · PMG · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,122

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,383

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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