Reginah Mhaule | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deputy Minister of Basic Education | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 29 May 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister | Angie Motshekga Siviwe Gwarube | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Enver Surty | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 26 February 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 February 2018 – 7 May 2019 Serving with Luwellyn Landers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister | Lindiwe Sisulu | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nomaindiya Mfeketo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Alvin Botes Candith Mashego-Dlamini | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Makgabo Reginah Mhaule 1 December 1961 Hazyview, Transvaal South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | African National Congress | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Fort Hare (PhD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Makgabo Reginah Mhaule (born 1 December 1961) is a South African politician from Mpumalanga who is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Basic Education. She has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since 2018.
Mhaule is a teacher by profession and entered government as a local councillor in Mbombela Local Municipality, where she was Executive Mayor from 2003 to 2006. After that, she served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2018. Throughout that time, she was Mpumalanga's Member of the Executive Council for Education in the provincial government of Premier David Mabuza.
She has been an elected member of the ANC National Executive Committee since December 2017, and she joined the National Assembly in February 2018, when President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed her as Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation. She remained in that portfolio until after the 2019 general election, when she was appointed to her current office.