Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente is a South African politician serving as the Chairperson of the

Economic Freedom Fighters The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South African left-wing to far-left pan-Africanist and Marxist–Leninist political party. It was founded by expelled former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema, and hi ...

(EFF) since her election in December 2019. She is also a Member of the

National Assembly of South Africa The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation syste ...

, having taken office in May 2014.

Biography

Mente is from the

Khayelitsha Khayelitsha () is a township in Western Cape, South Africa, on the Cape Flats in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. The name is Xhosa for ''New Home''. It is reputed to be the largest

township in

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

. She began her career by working as a security member for the previous

mayor of Cape Town The Mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an ...

. 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. Mente became a member of the EFF shortly after its founding. She was

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to Parliament in 2014. 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 The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA; Afrikaans: ''Staande Komitee oor Openbare Rekeninge'') is a standing committee of the National Assembly of South Africa, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa. It oversees the financial ...

and an Alternate Member of the Standing Committee on the Auditor General. She became a member of the Disciplinary Committee in September 2019. Mente was elected EFF national chairperson at the party's second elective conference in December 2019, succeeding advocate Dali Mpofu.

References

External links

Ms Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente – Parliament of South AfricaMs Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente – People's Assembly
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mente, Veronica Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Economic Freedom Fighters politicians People from Cape Town Politicians from Cape Town Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Xhosa people Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa