Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini
Myakayaka-Manzini (right) with Conny Braam in February 1989
High Commissioner to Malawi
of the Republic of South Africa
Assumed office
2022
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
High Commissioner to Namibia
of the Republic of South Africa
In office
2012–2017
PresidentJacob Zuma
Succeeded byWilliam Whitehead
Deputy President of the African National Congress Women's League
In office
2003–2008
PresidentNosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Succeeded byNosiphiwo Mwambi
Personal details
Born
Yvette Lillian Mavivi Myakayaka

(1956-01-19) 19 January 1956 (age 68)
Alexandra, Transvaal
South Africa
CitizenshipSouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Alma materUniversity of Zambia
Institute of Social Studies
Occupation
  • Politician
  • diplomat
  • anti-apartheid activist
  • gender activist

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini (born 19 January 1956), also known as Mavivi Manzini, is a South African politician and diplomat who is currently the South African High Commissioner to Malawi. She was a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) between 1994 and 2007 and she was deputy president of the ANC Women's League between 2003 and 2008. During apartheid, she worked in exile in the secretariat of the ANC's women's section; in the 2000s, after one term in the national Parliament (1994–1999), she headed the ANC's international relations desk.