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South African politician

Vusimusi William Tshabalala is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature since 2019.

He was also the Majority Chief Whip in the legislature until October 2021, when he was replaced after the ANC suspended him while he faced internal disciplinary charges. He is also known for his controversial tenure in the Free State's Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, where he was Mayor between 2013 and 2018.

Mayor of Maluti-a-Phofung: 2013–2018

Tshabalala became acting Mayor of Maluti-a-Phofung in September 2013 after the incumbent, Sarah Moleleki, resigned; he was formally elected and inaugurated in early February 2014.

At the time the ANC said that he was the youngest mayor in the Free State.^[1] He became known as a staunch political ally of Ace Magashule, then the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC's Free State branch.^[2][3][4