Vuyokazi Ketabahle
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Vuyokazi Ketabahle | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 21 January 2015 – 31 August 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Magdelene Moonsamy |
| Succeeded by | Yoliswa Yako |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1973 or 1974 Idutywa, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Died | (aged 49) Butterworth Hospital, Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Party | African National Congress (until 2012; from 2018) |
| Other political affiliations | Economic Freedom Fighters (2013–2018) |
| Profession | Politician |
Vuyokazi Ketabahle (1973/1974 – 21 January 2023) was a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Economic Freedom Fighters party from January 2015 until August 2018 when she resigned from the party.
Ketabhle's hometown was Dutywa in the Eastern Cape. She matriculated from JS Skenjane High School.[1]
Political career
Ketabahle started her political career in the Mbhashe Local Municipality, where she became a member of the African National Congress Youth League. Ketabahle resigned from the ANC Youth League after the league's former president Julius Malema was expelled in 2012.[1] She was one of the founding members of Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party in 2013; she was then appointed a commissar for home affairs and worked in the Eastern Cape legislature's administration.[1] At the EFF's National People's Assembly in December 2014, she was elected to the party's highest decision-making body, the Central Command Team.[2]