Lindiwe Desire Mazibuko is a South African writer,activist,and former politician. Between 2011 and 2014 she was the parliamentary leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of South Africa. She served in the National Assembly through the Fifth Parliament but resigned in May 2014.
Sejamothopo "Sej" Motau is a politician,journalist,communications and corporate affairs expert,and a former Fulbright Scholar. He was South Africa's Shadow Minister of Presidency,and a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance. From 2009 to 2012,he was the Shadow Minister of Energy.
Juanita Fredrika Terblanche is a South African politician. Prior to 2017,she was a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance and the Deputy Shadow Minister of Science and Technology. Following her return to active politics in 2022,she was elected a branch chairperson of the party.
Anchen Margaretha Dreyer is a South African politician,a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance,and former Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Caucus in the National Assembly. Before being elected unopposed to this position on 26 May 2014,she was first the Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises and thereafter the Shadow Minister of Public Works.
Junita Carolina Kloppers-Lourens is a South African politician and former educationist,a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance (DA). She served as the Shadow Minister of Science &Technology from 2012 to 2014.
Annelie Lotriet is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa since June 2024. She has served in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet since she joined the National Assembly in 2009. She is also a Deputy Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council.
Azwihangwisi Faith Muthambi is a South African politician who represents the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa. She was formerly the Minister of Public Service and Administration and Minister of Communications under President Jacob Zuma. She returned to the National Assembly in June 2024 after serving a prior stint in her seat between 2009 and 2022.
Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Small Business Development since 5 August 2021. She previously served as Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies from November 2018 to August 2021. She is a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and a National Working Committee (NWC) of the African National Congress (ANC).
Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize was a South African politician who served as Minister of Higher Education and Training and Minister of Home Affairs under President Jacob Zuma. A member of the National Assembly and national executive since May 2009,she was Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities when she died in September 2021.
Phumzile Thelma Van Damme is a South African tech consultant and activist who specialises in political disinformation and misinformation. A former politician,she represented the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the National Assembly of South Africa between May 2014 and May 2021. She was the party's Shadow Minister of Communications from October 2015 to December 2020.
Deborah Anne "Debbie" Schäfer is a South African politician and lawyer who served as the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Education and a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA) from 2014 to 2022. Prior to serving in the provincial government,Schäfer served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2014.
Zelda Jongbloed was a veteran South African journalist and politician. She was a Member of the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance from 2014 to 2018. She was Shadow Deputy Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries and Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration. Jongbloed worked for the Rapport and Die Burger in senior positions.
Siviwe Gwarube is a South African politician who is currently serving as Minister of Basic Education since July 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance (DA),she was the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition between August 2022 and June 2024. She joined the National Assembly of South Africa in the May 2019 general election.
Karabo Lerato Khakhau is a South African politician and a Member of the South African National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance since November 2022. Prior to this,she served as a DA Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature from May 2019 until November 2022. Aged 21 years at the time of her election to the Provincial Legislature,she became the youngest ever Member of Provincial Legislature in South Africa. Khakhau is a former President of the Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Cape Town (UCT) for the council term 2017/18. In this election she received the highest number of votes amongst all candidates in the institution.
Michéle Odette Clarke is a South African politician. A member of the Democratic Alliance,Clarke served as a councillor in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality from 2004 until her election to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature as a DA representative in 2014. After serving one term in the provincial legislature,Clarke was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 2019. Within the DA's Shadow Cabinet,she served as Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration and as Shadow Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises before becoming Shadow Minister of health.
Samantha Jane Graham is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2019 general election and re-elected in the 2024 general election as a member of the Democratic Alliance. Graham has been the Deputy Minister of Electricity since 2024. Graham served as the shadow deputy minister of public works and infrastructure from 2019 to 2020 and as the shadow minister for the portfolio between 2020 and 2023,when she was named shadow minister of electricity. She is a former councillor of the Dr Beyers NaudéLocal Municipality.
Cheryl Phillips is a South African politician from the North West who served in the National Assembly from May 2019 until May 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance,she was the Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy from June 2019 to December 2020,the Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment,Forestry and Fisheries from December 2020 until April 2023 and the Shadow Deputy Minister of the Standing Committee on the Auditor General from April 2023 until May 2024. Phillips had previously served as a ward councillor in Rustenburg.
Nazley Khan Sharif MPL is a South African politician who has been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since 2024. She previously served in the National Assembly of South Africa and in the DA's Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Minister of Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities from April 2023 until May 2024,having previously served as Deputy Minister between June 2019 and April 2023. Khan is a member of the Democratic Alliance.
Cameron Mackenzie was a South African politician and Member of Parliament in the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance from 2014 to 2021. Mackenzie was also the Shadow Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies.
Terri Stander is the ward councillor for ward 5 in Nelson Mandela Bay. She is a former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Democratic Alliance (DA),South Africa's official opposition.
