Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini | |
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High Commissioner to Malawi of the Republic of South Africa | |
Assumed office 2022 | |
President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
High Commissioner to Namibia of the Republic of South Africa | |
In office 2012–2017 | |
President | Jacob Zuma |
Succeeded by | William Whitehead |
Deputy President of the African National Congress Women's League | |
In office 2003–2008 | |
President | Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula |
Succeeded by | Nosiphiwo Mwambi |
Personal details | |
Born | Yvette Lillian Mavivi Myakayaka 19 January 1956 Alexandra, Transvaal South Africa |
Citizenship | South African |
Political party | African National Congress |
Alma mater | University of Zambia Institute of Social Studies |
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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.