March 2016, Ndamase was sworn in to an ANC seat as a Member of the Provincial Legislature in the Eastern Cape. He filled a casual vacancy arising from the resignation of Mluleki Dlelanga, who left the legislature to serve as National Secretary of the South African Communist Party's Young Communist League. Nehawu stringently opposed his appointment and demanded its reversal, claiming that Ndamase had been permanently tainted by the sex-for-jobs scandal. In his capacity as ANC Provincial Secretary, Oscar Mabuyane issued a strong public response, accusing Nehawu of pursuing a "personal vendetta" against Ndamase and arguing that the legislature's internal investigation into the sex-for-jobs scandal had not found any firm evidence against Ndamase. Ndamase himself had earlier claimed, in court papers filed in December 2015, that Kiviet had "resuscitated the investigation relating to sex-for-jobs" as part of "an attempt on her part and those of her cronies to introduce impediments and frustrate my chances" of filling Dlelanga's seat in the provincial legislature. Ndamase was re-elected to his first full term in the provincial legislature in the 2019 general election, ranked 28th on the ANC's party list. However, he had fallen off the ANC Provincial Executive Committee by 2022. References External links African National Congress politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature 21st-century South African politicians