Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi

Hlengiwe Octavia Mkhaliphi (née Hlophe-Maxon) is a South African politician who has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly since May 2014. Mkhaliphi is a founding member of the Economic Freedom Fighters and served as the party's inaugural deputy secretary-general from 2014 until 2019.

Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi

MP
Deputy Secretary-General of the Economic Freedom Fighters
In office
15 December 2014 – 14 December 2019
PresidentJulius Malema
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byPoppy Mailola
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
21 May 2014
Personal details
Born
Hlengiwe Octavia Hlophe-Maxon
NationalitySouth African
Political partyEconomic Freedom Fighters
Alma materUniversity of South Africa
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Education

Mkhaliphi received a Bachelor of Administration Honours in Public Administration from the University of South Africa in April 2019.[1][2][3]

Political career

Mkhaliphi is a founding member of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a party that was established in July 2013 and is currently led by Julius Malema.[4] She was elected as one of the party's first parliamentarians in May 2014. In December of that same year, she was elected as the party's inaugural deputy secretary-general.[5]

Mkhaliphi returned to Parliament following the 2019 general election. At the party's December conference, she was nominated for a second term as deputy secretary-general, but she declined the nomination. Poppy Mailola was elected to succeed her.[6]

Personal life

Mkhaliphi married in October 2016. The party's Twitter account tweeted about it with "#revolutionarywedding".[7]

References
  1. van der Merwe, Phillip. "Honours achievement for EFF's Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi". UNISA. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "EFF leaders continue making caps and gowns fashionable". News24. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. Bhengu, Cebelihle (25 April 2019). "IN PICTURES l EFF top brass out in force as Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi bags an honours degree". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. "The Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)". South Africa History Online. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. "IN PICTURES: EFF elects top six, unopposed". eNCA. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. Joubert, Jan-Jan (15 December 2019). "Julius Malema re-elected EFF leader amid changes in the Top Six". The South African. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. "PICS: EFF MP Hlengiwe Hlophe's 'revolutionary' wedding". The Citizen. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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