Hlengiwe Mkhize

Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize (6 September 1952 – 16 September 2021) was a South African politician, who served as Minister of Higher Education and Training under President Jacob Zuma.

The Honourable
Professor
Hlengiwe Mkhize
MP
Mkhize in 2016
Deputy Minister of Women, the Youth and Persons with Disabilities
In office
30 May 2019 – 16 September 2021
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterMaite Nkoana-Mashabane
Minister of Higher Education and Training
In office
17 October 2017 – 26 February 2018
PresidentJacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byBlade Nzimande
Succeeded byNaledi Pandor
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
31 March 2017 – 17 October 2017
PresidentJacob Zuma
Preceded byMalusi Gigaba
Succeeded byAyanda Dlodlo
Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
In office
26 May 2014 – 31 March 2017
PresidentJacob Zuma
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byStella Ndabeni-Abrahams
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
2009 – 16 September 2021
Personal details
Born(1952-09-06)6 September 1952
Died16 September 2021(2021-09-16) (aged 69)
Political partySouth African Communist Party, African National Congress
Alma materUniversity of Zululand, University of Natal

Early life and education

Mkhize was born on 6 September 1952.[1]

She earned Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Social Work and Sociology from the University of Zululand; Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology, and a Master of Clinical Psychology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.[1]

Career

Mkhize was a founding member, and trustee, of the Children and Violence Trust since 1995, had been a trustee of the Malibongwe Business Trust from 2005. She was a senior lecturer and researcher at Wits University from 1990 until 1995. Mkhize was a board member of the South African Prisoner's Organisation for Human Rights from 1994 to 1995; Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Commissioner and Chairperson of the Reparations and Rehabilitation committee from 1995 to 2003.[1]

She was first elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 2009 as part of the African National Congress.[1]

She served as ambassador to the Netherlands, had a short stint as Deputy Minister for Correctional Services] and thereafter, from 2014 to 2017, served as the Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services.[1]

Mkhize was appointed Minister of Higher Education and Training by former President Jacob Zuma on 17 October 2017, after previously serving as Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services in the government of South Africa. In February 2018, she was sacked from cabinet by President Cyril Ramaphosa.[2]

Death

Mkhize died on 16 September 2021, aged 69.[3]

References
  1. "Hlengiwe Mkhize". People's Assembly. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. "Ramaphosa swings the axe, cuts 13 from Zuma's Cabinet". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. Baloyi, Thabo (16 September 2021). "BREAKING: Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize passes away". The South African. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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