Hlengiwe_Mkhaliphi

Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi

Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi

South African 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.

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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

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    van der Merwe, Phillip. "Honours achievement for EFF's Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi". UNISA. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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    "EFF leaders continue making caps and gowns fashionable". News24. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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    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.
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    "The Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)". South Africa History Online. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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    "IN PICTURES: EFF elects top six, unopposed". eNCA. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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    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. [7]
    "PICS: EFF MP Hlengiwe Hlophe's 'revolutionary' wedding". The Citizen. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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