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Veronica Mente

Veronica Mente
MP
A woman seated at a table and behind a microphone, wearing a red polo shirt
Mente in 2024
National Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters
In office
14 December 2019 – 14 December 2024
PresidentJulius Malema
Preceded byDali Mpofu
Succeeded byNontando Nolutshungu
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 May 2014
ConstituencyEastern Cape
Personal details
Born
Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente

Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Political partyEconomic Freedom Fighters
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Maeko, Thando; Smit, Sarah (15 December 2019). "Shoo-in Veronica Mente will be a 'full-time' EFF chair". Mail & Guardian.
  3. ^ Capa, Siyamtanda. "EFF elects new Central Command Team at 3rd National People's Assembly". News24. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
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