Lungiswa James

Lungiswa James is a South African politician from the Democratic Alliance (DA). Quotes Between 1976 and 1977 I had gone back to school but because of the youth uprising between those two years schools closed. In 1978 when I arrived in old crossroads I met the Black sash organisation which advised us on legal matters as we had illegally occupied that land. Black sash also established a clinic there. I got heavily involved in the structures that were concerned with community development of old crossroads. I left old crossroads in 1984 to move to Khayelitsha through forced removals by the community leader in that location at the time. Developmental work started in Khayelitsha when 18 families led by women from old crossroads started and at the time where I found work with the Quakers. They taught me developmental studies and as those women we started food gardens and crèches. I accidentally met politics as I am from a family where sharing and caring was important together communal assistance. The driver of all this was my mother who was the pillar in our home unfortunately she died when I was 16. My mother was a staunch PAC member whereas my father was an ANC cadre therefore politic was there at home from that young age in Gugulethu, Cape Town for me. From Gugulethu I moved to old Crossroads with my two siblings after the death of our mother. At the time I was forced to leave Healdtown education at grade 11. When I returned to Cape Town I then worked in clothing factories around Cape Town Metro between 1975 and 1977 early. At the time I changed my name to N. Smith just to get employment as the government system of the day stratified employment according to skin colour. At one point I was also referred to as Angelina Abrahams to get work. On Mondays and Friday I am at my constituency working with a ward councillor to address all the community issues were I have been deployed by the party. On Tuesday morning I am in parliament dealing with office administration so that in the afternoon I am in the House for plenaries. On Wednesday morning I am at committee where I have been seconded to the Portfolio Committee on Health and then plenary in the afternoon. On Thursday morning I am at my party caucus and then plenary in the afternoon. External links Category:Living people