Nomvuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela

Nomvuyo Memory Mhlakaza-Manamela is a South African politician who has served as Deputy Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since May 2019. A human resources practitioner by training, she is a member of the African National Congress (ANC).

Nomvuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela
MPL
Deputy Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
May 2019
SpeakerNtombi Mekgwe
Preceded byNomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations		South African Communist Party
SpouseButi Manamela

Early career and education

Mhlakaza-Manamela has a BTech degree in human resources management from the Tshwane University of Technology.[1] She began her corporate career in the human resources department of the National Co-operative Association of South Africa and then of the Industrial Development Corporation and computer firm CSS Tirisano. She then worked at ACTOM John Thompson from 2007 to 2010 and at the National Youth Development Agency from 2010 to 2013.[1]

In 2017, she was appointed senior manager for recruitment at the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.[1] She also served on as non-executive director on the boards of several public entities, including PetroSA, the State Information and Technology Agency, and, from 2013[2] until her resignation in 2016,[3] the South African Broadcasting Corporation.[1]

Over the same period, Mhlakaza-Manamela was active in her political party, the ANC. She was formerly a member of the National Executive Committee of the South African Students Congress and ANC Youth League,[1][4] and she was elected to the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC in Gauteng in 2018 and 2022.[5][6] She is also a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP), a close ANC ally, and served on the Gauteng provincial executive of both the SACP and its Young Communist League.[1]

Legislative career

In the 2019 general election, she was elected to a seat in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, ranked 22nd on the ANC's provincial party list.[7] The ANC, the majority party in the legislature, nominated her for the office of Deputy Speaker of the provincial legislature, serving under Speaker Ntombi Mekgwe.[4]

In June 2022, the National Prosecuting Authority announced that it would seek to prosecute Mhlakaza-Manamela on charges of assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm and crimen injuria.[8] She was accused of assaulting Sergeant Lizzy Mojapelo, a protection officer with the South African Police Service, in February 2020. Mojapelo alleged that she had been at Mhlakaza-Manamela's home when Mhlakaza-Manamela attacked her while drunk; Mojapelo was pregnant at the time.[8][9] Mhlakaza-Manamela first appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court in August 2022.[10]

Personal life

Mhlakaza-Manamela is married to politician Buti Manamela.[8]

References
  1. Wednesday (22 April 2020). "Deputy Speaker Nomvuyo Memory Mhlakaza-Manamela". Gauteng Provincial Legislature. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. "Acting President Motlanthe appoints members to the SABC Board". The Presidency. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. "Zuma accepts resignations of two SABC board members ahead of inquiry committee meeting". Daily Dispatch. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. "ANC's Ntombi Mekgwe put forward as Gauteng legislature speaker as members are sworn-in". Sowetan. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. "ANC Gauteng province on the successful 13th provincial conference". Polity. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  6. Banda, Michelle (11 July 2022). "ANC Gauteng elects PEC members as new chair Panyaza Lesufi calls for party unity". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  7. "Nomvuyo Memory Manamela". People's Assembly. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. Pijoos, Iavan (28 June 2022). "NPA to finally prosecute Gauteng deputy speaker for assault after prosecutor withdrew case". News24. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. Maromo, Jonisayi (18 August 2022). "Gauteng deputy speaker Mhlakaza-Manamela in court for allegedly assaulting pregnant cop". Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. Montsho, Molaole (18 August 2022). "Gauteng deputy speaker in court over alleged assault of pregnant VIP protection officer, but AfriForum angered by NPA's handling of case". IOL. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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