Brenda Mathevula

Brenda Mathevula
MP
Permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Limpopo
In office
1 December 2016 – 24 October 2023
Personal details
Born
Brenda Tirhani Mathevula

Mageva Village,Dzumeri
NationalitySouth African
Political partyEconomic Freedom Fighters
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Brenda Tirhani Mathevula is a South African politician who represented Limpopo in the National Council of Provinces. She is a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters. She became a Member of Parliament in December 2016, following the cessation of Emmanuel Mtileni's party membership.[1][2]

During her tenure in the NCOP, she opposed the 2018 national minimum wage legislation, citing that it was too little and would not reduce unemployment and poverty.[3]

Mathevula grew up in Mageva, a village in the Dzumeri area; some 34 kilometres from Giyani via the R529 Road. She attended Ukuthula Primary School and matriculated from Nghonyama High School. Her mother is a sangoma of note.

In July 2023, Mathevula was publicly named and shamed and banned from attending the EFF's 10th anniversary celebrations for failing to book buses to transport party supporters in her constituency to the event.[4] She was recalled as an EFF public representative the following month.[5]

  1. ^ Makinana, Andisiwe (18 December 2016). "Axed EFF MP wants job back". News24 (City Press). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Fired MP takes the EFF to court". The Citizen. 18 December 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. ^ Ensor, Linda (7 August 2018). "Minimum wage one step closer to reality as NCOP approves new labour bills". DispatchLIVE. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  4. ^ Madisa, Kgothatso. "EFF bans hundreds from anniversary for failing to procure buses". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  5. ^ Nkanjeni, Unathi. "'No time for deadwoods': Malema recalls 210 public representatives". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 25 March 2024.