Hlengiwe Mkhize

The Honourable Hlengiwe Mkhize MP
Mkhize in 2016
Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
In office 30 May 2019 – 16 September 2021
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Minister	Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
Succeeded by	Sisi Tolashe
Minister of Higher Education and Training
In office 17 October 2017 – 26 February 2018
President	Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa
Deputy	Buti Manamela
Preceded by	Blade Nzimande
Succeeded by	Naledi Pandor
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 31 March 2017 – 17 October 2017
President	Jacob Zuma
Deputy	Fatima Chohan
Preceded by	Malusi Gigaba
Succeeded by	Ayanda Dlodlo
Member of the National Assembly
In office 6 May 2009 – 16 September 2021
National Treasurer of the African National Congress Women's League
In office July 2008 – August 2015
President	Angie Motshekga
Preceded by	predecessor
Succeeded by	Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
Other offices (2009–2017) Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services In office 26 May 2014 – 31 March 2017 President Jacob Zuma Minister Siyabonga Cwele Preceded by Portfolio established Succeeded by Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams Deputy Minister of Economic Development In office 12 June 2012 – 26 May 2014 President Jacob Zuma Minister Ebrahim Patel Preceded by Enoch Godongwana Succeeded by Madala Masuku Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training In office 31 October 2010 – 12 June 2012 President Jacob Zuma Minister Blade Nzimande Succeeded by Mduduzi Manana Deputy Minister of Correctional Services In office 11 May 2009 – 31 October 2010 President Jacob Zuma Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Preceded by Loretta Jacobus Succeeded by Ngoako Ramathlodi
Personal details
Born	(1952-09-06)6 September 1952
Died	16 September 2021(2021-09-16) (aged 69) Johannesburg, South Africa
Citizenship	South African
Political party	African National Congress
Spouse	Pat Mkhize
Alma mater	University of Zululand University of Natal

Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize (6 September 1952 – 16 September 2021) was a South African politician who served as Minister of Higher Education and Training and Minister of Home Affairs under President Jacob Zuma. A member of the National Assembly and national executive since May 2009, she was Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities when she died in September 2021.

Mkhize trained in clinical psychology and spent over a decade in academia at the University of Zululand and University of the Witwatersrand, until in 1995 she was appointed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She chaired the commission's Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee. She went on to serve as South African Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2005 to 2008 before she was elected to the National Assembly in the 2009 general election.

Between 2009 and 2017, Mkhize served Zuma's administration as a deputy minister in four different portfolios: she was Deputy Minister of Correctional Services from 2009 to 2010, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training from 2010 to 2012, Deputy Minister of Economic Development from 2012 to 2014, and Deputy Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services from 2014 to 2017. After that, she was promoted to Zuma's second-term cabinet, first as Minister of Home Affairs in 2017 and then as Minister of Higher Education and Training from 2017 to 2018. In February 2018, she was sacked by Zuma's successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, and she retreated briefly to the chairmanship of the Portfolio Committee on Communications. She was appointed to her deputy ministerial position in the Presidency after the 2019 general election.

A longserving member of the African National Congress (ANC), Mkhize was the national treasurer of the ANC Women's League from July 2008 to August 2015. She was a member of the party's National Executive Committee from December 2017 until her death.