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Hlengiwe MkhaliphiMP
Mkhaliphi in August 2024
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.

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. 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.

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. She was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2024 general election.

Personal life

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

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. "The 400 MPs elected to the National Assembly - IEC - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
8. "PICS: EFF MP Hlengiwe Hlophe's 'revolutionary' wedding". The Citizen. 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

External links

• Profile at Parliament of South Africa

• Living people
• 21st-century South African women politicians
• Economic Freedom Fighters politicians
• Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2024–2029
• Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa
• Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024
• Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2009–2014
• Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2014–2019