| Party: | United Democratic Movement |
| Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Citizenship: | South Africa |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1954 |
| Term1: | until June 1999 |
| Otherparty: | African National Congress (until 1999) |
Nokwethemba Thelisile Biyela (born 15 October 1954)[1] is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly during the first post-apartheid Parliament. Though she was not initially elected in the 1994 election,[2] she was sworn in during the legislative term.[3] At that time she was secretary of the ANC Women's League in Northern Natal.[4]
Ahead of the 1999 general election, Biyela joined the breakaway United Democratic Movement (UDM) and stood unsuccessfully for re-election, in the KwaZulu-Natal constituency, under its banner. She remained a member of the UDM thereafter; most recently, in the 2014 general election, she was ranked first on the party's list for KwaZulu-Natal, but again did not secure election.[5]