| Yoliswa Yako | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office: | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa |
| Term Start: | 3 September 2018 |
| Birthname: | Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1983 |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Party: | Economic Freedom Fighters |
| Occupation: | Member of Parliament |
| Profession: | Politician |
Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako (born 22 March 1983) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. She took office as an MP on 3 September 2018. Before that, Yako was a PR councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality and the chairperson of the municipality's Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). Yako is a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters.
Yako was born on 22 March 1983. She joined the Economic Freedom Fighters in 2014 and was elected as a councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in August 2016.[1] In 2018, she was elected chairperson of the municipality's Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC).[2]
On 3 September 2018, Yako was sworn in as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the EFF, succeeding Vuyokazi Ketabahle.[3] Nosipho Ncana replaced her as a Nelson Mandela Bay councillor. Yako was assigned to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources.[4] She delivered her maiden speech on the
activists, who were either imprisoned or expelled from university.[5]
Yako was elected to a full term as an MP in May 2019.[6] On 27 June 2019, she received her new committee assignments. Yako was ranked too low on the EFF national list to be returned to parliament following the 2024 general election.[7] However, multiple prospective EFF MPs declined their seats in the National Assembly which led to Yako returning to Parliament.[8]