{{Short description|South African politician (died 2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Simo Mfayela | honorific_suffix = MP | alt = | caption = | office1 = Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from KwaZulu-Natal | term_start1 = 23 May 2019 | term_end1 = 29 December 2020 | constituency1 = | birth_name = Simo Ezra Mfayela | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 28 December 2020 | death_place = | party = Inkatha Freedom Party | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = Dingizwe Phineas Mfayela (father) | children = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Member of Parliament | profession = Politician | known_for = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | website = }} '''Simo Ezra Mfayela''' (died 28 December 2020) was a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal who served as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from May 2019 until his death. He was the sole permanent representative of the Inkatha Freedom Party and the deputy provincial chairperson of the party. Mfayela was the son of the former senator Dingizwe Phineas Mfayela.

==Life and career== Mfayela's father, Dingizwe, was a senator and a senior member of the Inkatha Freedom Party.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Africa: IFP MP Quits Politics To Join The Business World |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/199907120235.html |website=BusinessDay (All Africa) |accessdate=15 August 2020}}</ref> He is deceased. Mfayela was elected deputy provincial chairperson of the IFP in June 2019, deputising for Thamsanqa Ntuli.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mavuso |first1=Sihle |title=IFP elects Nkandla mayor as new KZN chairperson |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/ifp-elects-nkandla-mayor-as-new-kzn-chairperson-28229266 |accessdate=15 August 2020 |newspaper=IOL |date=30 June 2019 |location=Ulundi}}</ref>

==Parliamentary career== Mfayela was sworn in as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces on 23 May 2019, following the 2019 general election held on 8 May. He was a member of the KwaZulu-Natal delegation and the sole permanent IFP representative.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hansard: NCOP: Unrevised hansard |url=https://pmg.org.za/hansard/28538/ |website=Parliamentary Monitoring Group |accessdate=15 August 2020}}</ref> Mfayela received his committee assignments on 24 June.<ref name="Parl">{{cite web |title=Mr Simon Ezra Mfayela |url=https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/417 |website=Parliament of South Africa |accessdate=15 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727165521/https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/417 |archivedate=27 July 2020}}</ref>

===Committee memberships=== *Joint Committee on Ethics and Members Interests<ref name="Parl" /> *Joint Standing Committee on Defence<ref name="Parl" /> *Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements<ref name="Parl" /> *Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings<ref name="Parl" /> *Select Committee on Security and Justice<ref name="Parl" />

==Death== Mfayela died on 28 December 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliament's Presiding Officers Send Condolences on the Passing of Hon. Simo Mfayela, MP |url=https://www.parliament.gov.za/press-releases/parliaments-presiding-officers-send-condolences-passing-hon-simo-mfayela-mp |website=Parliament of South Africa |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{People's Assembly (South Africa) | simo-ezra-mfayela | Simon Ezra Mfayela }}

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