Ayanda Dlodlo

Ayanda Dlodlo
Minister of Public Service and Administration
In office
5 August 2021 – 4 April 2022
Preceded bySenzo Mchunu
Succeeded byThulas Nxesi
(acting)
In office
27 February 2018 – 25 May 2019
Preceded byFaith Muthambi
Succeeded bySenzo Mchunu
Minister of State Security
In office
30 May 2019 – 5 August 2021
Preceded byDipuo Letsatsi-Duba
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
17 October 2017 – 28 February 2018
Preceded byHlengiwe Mkhize
Succeeded byMalusi Gigaba
Minister of Communications
In office
31 March 2017 – 17 October 2017
Preceded byFaith Muthambi
Succeeded byMmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane
Personal details
Born (1963-05-22) 22 May 1963 (age 61)
South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Ayanda Dlodlo (born 22 May 1963)[citation needed] is a South African politician and former cabinet minister. A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, she became a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC) in 2009. Thereafter, she was appointed Minister of Communications (2017), Minister of Home Affairs (2017–2018), Minister of Public Service and Administration (2018–2019, 2021–2022), and Minister of State Security (2019–2021).

Dlodlo is known for having been responsible for the state security portfolio during the 2021 civil unrest in South Africa, and has also been a member of the ANC National Executive Committee since 2007. In April 2022, she resigned from government to take up a directorship at the World Bank.