Veronica Mente
Veronica Mente | |
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.jpg) Mente in 2024 | |
| National Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters | |
| In office 14 December 2019 – 14 December 2024 | |
| President | Julius Malema |
| Preceded by | Dali Mpofu |
| Succeeded by | Nontando Nolutshungu |
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
| Constituency | Eastern Cape |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Political party | Economic Freedom Fighters |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament |
| Profession | Politician |
Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente is a South African politician who served as the National Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) from December 2019 until December 2024. She is also a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa, having taken office in May 2014.
Biography
[edit]Mente is from the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town. She began her career by working as a security member for the previous mayor of Cape Town. She was a "barefoot lawyer" in Khayelitsha who assisted workers. Mente was then a volunteer for the Labour Community Advice Media and Education Centre (LAMEC) in Khayelitsha.[1]
Mente became a member of the EFF shortly after its founding. She was elected to Parliament in 2014.[1]
In May 2019, she was re-elected for a second term as an MP. As of June 2019, she is a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and an Alternate Member of the Standing Committee on the Auditor General. She became a member of the Disciplinary Committee in September 2019.[1]
Mente was elected EFF national chairperson at the party's second elective conference in December 2019, succeeding advocate Dali Mpofu.[2] She was succeeded by Nontando Nolutshungu at the party's third elective conference in December 2024.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Du Pless, Carien (15 December 2019). "EFF's new top leadership: Malema and Shivambu tighten their grip over SA's third biggest party". The Daily Maverick. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ Maeko, Thando; Smit, Sarah (15 December 2019). "Shoo-in Veronica Mente will be a 'full-time' EFF chair". Mail & Guardian.
- ^ Capa, Siyamtanda. "EFF elects new Central Command Team at 3rd National People's Assembly". News24. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
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[edit]- Living people
- Economic Freedom Fighters politicians
- Politicians from Cape Town
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2024–2029
- Xhosa people
- 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 2014–2019