Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi

South African politician

Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi MP

Deputy Secretary-General of the Economic Freedom Fighters
In office 15 December 2014 – 14 December 2019
President	Julius Malema
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Poppy Mailola
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2014

Personal details
Born	Hlengiwe Octavia Hlophe-Maxon
Nationality	South African
Political party	Economic Freedom Fighters
Alma mater	University of South Africa
Occupation	Member of Parliament
Profession	Politician

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.

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

^ van der Merwe, Phillip. "Honours achievement for EFF's Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi". UNISA. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "EFF leaders continue making caps and gowns fashionable". News24. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ 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.
^ "The Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)". South Africa History Online. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "IN PICTURES: EFF elects top six, unopposed". eNCA. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ 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.
^ "PICS: EFF MP Hlengiwe Hlophe's 'revolutionary' wedding". The Citizen. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2020.