The Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts, and Culture (DSRAC) welcomes Honourable Sibulele Ngongo as the new Member of the Executive Council (MEC). MEC Ngongo is a dedicated political activist who began her journey in politics as a student at Walter Sisulu University in 2008. A strong advocate for youth emancipation, she joined the ANCYL, becoming an additional member of the Nyandeni sub-region in 2014. By 2017, she was the regional Treasurer of the ANCYL in OR Tambo and later made history as the first female convener of the ANCYL in 2021 in the same region. Currently, she serves as the Regional Chairperson of the South African Youth Council and is a Regional Executive Committee member of the ANC in OR Tambo, as well as a Provincial Working Committee and Provincial Executive Committee member of the ANCYL in the province.