Lennit Max

Lennit Max
Shadow Deputy Minister of Correctional Services
In office
10 September 2010 – 6 May 2014
Preceded byAlbert Fritz
Succeeded byWerner Horn
Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety
In office
7 May 2009 – 2 September 2010
PremierHelen Zille
Preceded byPatrick McKenzie
Succeeded byAlbert Fritz
Member of the National Assembly
In office
10 September 2010 – 6 May 2014
ConstituencyWestern Cape
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
In office
21 May 2014 – 2 July 2018
In office
26 April 2004 – 10 September 2010
Personal details
Born1961 or 1962 (age 62–63)
Overberg, South Africa
Political partyFreedom Front Plus (2021–2024)
Other political
affiliations
African National Congress (2018–2021)
Democratic Alliance (2005–2018)
Independent Democrats (2003–2005)
Children1
OccupationPolitician

Lennit Hendry Max (born 1961/62) is a South African politician, advocate and police officer who served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (2014–2018; 2004–2010), as Shadow Deputy Minister of Correctional Services (2010–2014), as Member of the National Assembly (2010–2014) and as Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety (2009–2010).

He was a member of the Freedom Front Plus until his resignation in 2024. He was previously a member of the African National Congress, the Democratic Alliance and the Independent Democrats.[1][2][3]

On 22 September 2021, Max was announced as the FF Plus's mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town ahead of the municipal elections scheduled for 1 November 2021.


In November 2023 he was elected co-deputy leader for the Freedom Front Plus in the Western Cape. [4]

  1. ^ Daniel, Luke. Lennit Max: Who is Bheki Cele’s new special advisor?, The South African, 30 June 2018. Retrieved on 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ Mortlock, Monique. Lennit Max appointed special adviser to Bheki Cele, Cape Town, EWN, 30 June 2018. Retrieved on 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ Chabalala, Jeanette. Lennit Max leaves the DA, joins the ANC, Mail & Guardian, 30 December 2018. Retrieved on 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ Max, Adv Lennit (13 November 2023). "FF Plus elects leadership in the Western Cape: Ready to take province out of the ANC and EFF's hands". Freedom Front Plus. Retrieved 28 January 2024.