| Mzikayifane Khumalo | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MPL |
| Office: | Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, eGovernment and Research and Development |
| Premier: | Panyaza Lesufi |
| Term Start: | 7 October 2022 |
| Term End: | 14 June 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Office established |
| Successor: | Office abolished |
| Office1: | Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature |
| Premier1: | David Makhura |
| Term Start1: | 29 May 2019 |
| Term End1: | 7 October 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Sochayile Khanyile[1] |
| Successor1: | Lesego Makhubela |
| Term Start2: | 22 May 2019 |
| Office3: | Executive Mayor of the Rand West City Local Municipality |
| Term Start3: | August 2016 |
| Term End3: | 22 May 2019 |
| Predecessor3: | Municipality established |
| Successor3: | Dumile Sithole[2] |
| Office4: | Executive Mayor of the Randfontein Local Municipality |
| Term Start4: | March 2015 |
| Term End4: | August 2016 |
| Predecessor4: | Sylvia Thebenare |
| Successor4: | Municipality abolished |
| Birthname: | Mzikayifane Elias Khumalo |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1972 |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Party: | African National Congress |
Mzikayifane Elias Khumalo (born 1 January 1972) is a South African African National Congress politician who has been a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2019. He served as the chief whip of majority party in the provincial legislature from May 2019 until October 2022 and then as the Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, eGovernment and Research and Development from October 2022 until June 2024. Previously, he served as the Executive Mayor of the Randfontein Local Municipality from 2015 to 2016 and as the Executive Mayor of the Rand West City Local Municipality from 2016 to 2019.
A member of the African National Congress, Khumalo served as the Speaker of the Randfontein Local Municipality before he was elected as the Executive Mayor in March 2015, replacing Sylvia Thebenare, who had resigned.[3] Prior to the August 3, 2016 local government elections, Khumalo was chosen to be the ANC's mayoral candidate for the Rand West City Local Municipality, which was established after the election.[4] [5] The ANC won a majority of seats on the council and Khumalo was elected as the inaugural Executive Mayor.[6]
In 2018, he was a candidate for chairperson of the ANC's West Rand Region.[7] He lost to Merafong mayor Maphefo Letsie.[8]
In 2019 he stood for the Gauteng Provincial Legislature as 24th on the ANC's list of candidates. At the election, he won a seat in the legislature. Khumalo resigned as mayor on 22 May 2019, the same day he was sworn in as an MPL.[9] Shortly afterwards, he was appointed as the chief whip of the ANC caucus, becoming the Chief Whip of the Majority Party.[10] [11]
On 7 October 2022, Khumalo joined the provincial government as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, eGovernment and Research and Development.[12] Khumalo was not reappointed to the Executive Council following the 2024 provincial election.[13]