Veliswa Mvenya

Veliswa Mvenya (born 8 March 1969) is a South African politician who has been a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature for the African Transformation Movement since 2019. She joined the ATM in 2018. Between 2000 and 2018, she was a member of the Democratic Alliance. Mvenya was a DA representative in the provincial legislature from 2004 to 2018 and the party's provincial chairwoman between 2014 and 2017.

Veliswa Mvenya

MPL
Mvenya in July 2010
Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
In office
2004–2018
Provincial Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance
In office
November 2014 – 6 May 2017
Preceded byEdmund van Vuuren
Succeeded byAndrew Whitfield
Personal details
Born
Veliswa Mvenya

(1969-03-08) 8 March 1969
Ntseshe, Ngqamakhwe, Cape Province
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican Transformation Movement (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Alliance (2000–2018)
Children2
ProfessionEducator
Politician

Early life and education

Mvenya was born on 8 March 1969. She is one of three children born to a single mother.[1] She attended Ntseshe Primary School and later Colosha Senior Secondary School where she matriculated.[1] Mvenya obtained a teacher's diploma as well as a diploma in public administration.[1]

Teaching career

Mvenya started her teaching career in 1991. She taught mathematics at Ntlahlane Junior Secondary School until 1993.[1] From 1993 to 2004, she was a teacher at Mavata Junior Secondary School.[2]

Political career

Mvenya joined the Democratic Party in 2000, the same year the DP merged with the New National Party and Federal Alliance to form the Democratic Alliance.[1] In December of the same year, she was elected as a councillor of the Amathole District Municipality.[3] She served on the council until her election to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in 2004.[1] She was re-elected as an MPL in 2009.

In 2012, Mvenya was elected deputy provincial leader of the DA.[4] She was previously the provincial and national chairwoman of the party's Women's Network.[1] After the general election in May 2014, she returned to the legislature for another term as a DA MPL.[5] She was elected provincial chairperson of the DA in November of the same year.[1]

In May 2017, Mvenya ran for provincial leader of the party but lost to Nqaba Bhanga. Andrew Whitfield succeeded her as provincial chair.[3][6] In May 2018, she resigned from the DA and automatically ceased to be a member of the provincial legislature.[7] She then joined the newly established African Transformation Movement in September.[8] Following the general election in May 2019, Mvenya returned to the legislature as the party's sole representative.[9]

Personal life

Mvenya is unmarried. She has two children.[1]

References
  1. Macanda, Siphe (5 November 2014). "New DA chair's star keeps rising". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  2. "Veliswa Mvenya". DABhisho. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. "Vying for top spot". TheHerald. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  4. Van Vuuren, Edmund (1 April 2012). "Athol Trollip re-elected ECape DA leader". Politicsweb. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  5. Nini, Asanda (14 June 2014). "DA's whips and shadows named". Daily Dispatch. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  6. Isaac, Johnnie; De Kock, Rochelle (6 May 2017). "Nqaba Bhanga is the DA's new Eastern Cape leader – but misses his own election". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  7. Spies, Derrick (18 May 2018). "Eastern Cape MPL Veliswa Mvenya quits DA". News24. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  8. Ford, Simthandile (24 September 2018). "Mvenya joins new party after dumping DA". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  9. Macanda, Siphe (15 May 2019). "ATM to build on Eastern Cape foundation". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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