Mbali Frazer | |
|---|---|
| KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Education | |
| In office 11 August 2022 –14 June 2024 | |
| Premier | Nomusa Dube-Ncube |
| Preceded by | Kwazi Mshengu |
| Succeeded by | Sipho Hlomuka |
| Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mbalenhle Cleopatra Frazer |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Profession | Educator,politician |
Mbalenhle Cleopatra Frazer,commonly known as Mbali Frazer,is a South African politician and former educator who was KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education from August 2022 until June 2024. She has served in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature as an African National Congress MPL since 2014. Frazer was elected deputy provincial chairperson of the African National Congress Women's League in August 2023.
Frazer is a former teacher and trade unionist. In 2014,Frazer was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature on the ticket of the African National Congress. Frazer supported Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's unsuccessful ANC presidential campaign in 2017. [1] She was re-elected to the provincial legislature in 2019 and then elected as the chairperson of the public works committee. When Dlamini-Zuma came under scrutiny during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020,Frazer came to her defence. [1]
At the provincial African National Congress Women's League elective conference held from 4 to 7 August 2023,Frazer successfully contested the position of deputy provincial chairperson. She defeated Phumzile Mbatha-Cele for the position,winning with 649 votes to Mbatha-Cele's 545. [2]
Following the resignation of Sihle Zikalala as the premier of KwaZulu-Natal on 5 August 2022,Frazer,ANC MPL Amanda Mapena and Finance MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube were shortlisted by the provincial ANC as possible candidates to succeed Zikalala. [1] The premier's position ultimately went to Dube-Ncube. [3] Following Dube-Ncube's election and inauguration,she named her executive council on 11 August 2022. Frazer was appointed as the MEC for Education,succeeding Kwazi Mshengu. [4] [5] [6] Trade unions welcomed her appointment. [7]
Frazer was re-elected to her seat in the provincial legislature in the 2024 provincial election,however,she was not reappointed to the Executive Council. [8]