Constance Mkhonto Explained

Constance Mkhonto
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start:13 June 2020
Nationality:South African
Party:Economic Freedom Fighters
Profession:Politician

Constance Nonhlanhla Mkhonto is a South African politician and Member of Parliament in the National Assembly for the Economic Freedom Fighters party.

Career

Mkhonto had served as the executive mayor of the Ehlanzeni District Municipality in Mpumalanga and as a manager in Mpumalanga's House of Traditional Leaders. She was also a teacher.[1]

She then became a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters party. In December 2019, Mkhonto was elected to the Central Command Team, its highest decision-making body, as an additional member.[2]

Mkhonto entered the National Assembly on 13 June 2020. During a debate on farm murders in September 2020, she said that it could be a "scam" by right-wingers to deflect law enforcement's attention.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Baloyi . Thabo . Nonhlanhla Mkhonto and Babalwa Mathulela: The EFF's new MPs . 3 December 2020 . The South African . 13 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201203203851/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/nonhlanhla-mkhonto-and-babalwa-mathulela-the-effs-new-mps/ . 3 December 2020.
  2. News: Cele . S’thembile . EFF elects 40-member central command team . 3 December 2020 . City Press . 15 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026142950/https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/eff-elects-40-member-central-command-team-20191215 . 26 October 2020.
  3. News: Moloko . Gopolang . Farm murder debate could be a 'scam' by right-wingers – EFF . 3 December 2020 . The Citizen . 1 September 2020.