Hlengiwe Mkhize

The Honourable Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize MP
Mkhize in 2016
Minister of Higher Education and Training
In office 17 October 2017 – 26 February 2018
President	Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by	Blade Nzimande
Succeeded by	Naledi Pandor
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 31 March 2017 – 17 October 2017
President	Jacob Zuma
Preceded by	Malusi Gigaba
Succeeded by	Ayanda Dlodlo
Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
In office 26 May 2014 – 31 March 2017
President	Jacob Zuma
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
Personal details
Born	(1952-09-06)6 September 1952
Died	16 September 2021(2021-09-16) (aged 69)
Political party	South African Communist Party, African National Congress
Alma mater	University of Zululand, University of Natal

Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize MP (6 September 1952 – 16 September 2021) was a Minister of Higher Education and Training (South Africa), having been appointed to the position by former President Jacob Zuma since 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. First elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 2009 as part of the African National Congress. Professor Mkhize holds a 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.

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. Prior to her appointment, Mkhize was 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.

Mkhize died on 16 September 2021, aged 69.

External links

• Hlengiwe Mkhize at People's Assembly