Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi
South African politician
Hlengiwe Octavia Mkhaliphi (née Hlophe-Maxon) is a South African politician who has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly since May 2014. Mkhaliphi is a founding member of the Economic Freedom Fighters and served as the party's inaugural deputy secretary-general from 2014 until 2019.
Quotes
edit- Growing up, the sight of my mother in her maid uniform is a memory that has always stayed with me, a poignant reminder of the intersection of race, gender and class exploitation that defines the lives of so many black women in SA
- Under apartheid, this exploitation was magnified to a grotesque degree. Apartheid policies entrenched their subjugation, ensuring their labour was extracted under conditions of extreme racial and economic disparity
- Then in 2024, Zuma decided to form MKP, and because he is based in KZN he got support in KZN. We have declined by five seats, which was the decline of the EFF in KZN because of the newly-formed MKP
- We wanted to find out whether we should form an NGO or civil organisation to participate in the country’s politics, and then we agreed that we should form a political party called Economic Freedom in Our Lifetime, which ultimately became Economic Freedom Fighters
- But we were so happy with the outcome of the 2014 elections because we got 25 seats – a four-month baby got 1.1 million votes
- If people did not vote for us on that basis, why did these parties not win the elections?
- “We are expecting the commander-in-chief to talk about corruption, unemployment especially from the youth and education in South Africa is still not free
- My goal is to fight as per the 7 Cardinal pillars of EFF and achieve it.
