Tandi Mahambehlala
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National List (2019–present)
Tandi Mahambehlala MP | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Human Settlements | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2024 | |
| Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism | |
| In office 7 September 2021 – 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Supra Mahumapelo |
| Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 27 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Moses Masango |
| Succeeded by | Supra Mahumapelo |
| Deputy Minister of Communications | |
| In office 31 March 2017 – 26 February 2018 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
| Constituency | Western Cape (2014–2019) National List (2019–present) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of the Western Cape |
| Profession | Politician |
Tandi Mahambehlala is a South African politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Human Settlements since 3 July 2024. She was the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism from 2021. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 to 2021. Mahambehlala was Deputy Minister of Communications between 2017 and 2018. She has been a Member of Parliament since 2014.
Mahambehlala served on the Students' Representative Council of Msobomvu High School from 1988 to 1990. She earned an advanced diploma in Public Administration in 2014 and an honours degree in Public Administration from the University of the Western Cape in 2016. In 2017, Mahambehlala began studying for a Master of Public Administration through UWC. She also holds certificates in Audio-Visual Communications, Community Profiling and Community Needs Assessment and Programme Design and Presentation.[1]
Career
In 2005, Mahambehlala was involved with the establishment of the Western Cape Youth Commission. She was an African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) branch secretary and the deputy secretary of the league's Dullah Omar Region from 2004 to 2008. From 2005 to 2008, she worked as a community developer for the City of Cape Town's Department of Social Development. In 2008, she was elected as the provincial secretary of the African National Congress in the Western Cape, a position she held until 2011. From 2011 to 2014, Mahambehlala worked for Eskom as a senior advisor responsible for Stakeholder Relations.[1]