Veliswa Mvenya | |
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.jpg) Mvenya in July 2010 | |
| Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 22 May 2019 – 1 June 2021 | |
| In office 2004–2018 | |
| Provincial Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance | |
| In office November 2014 – 19 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund van Vuuren |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Whitfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Veliswa Mvenya 8 March 1969 Ntseshe, Ngqamakhwe, Cape Province |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | Batho Pele Movement (2021–present) |
| Other political affiliations | African Transformation Movement (2018–2021) Democratic Alliance (2000–2018) |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Educator Politician |
Veliswa Mvenya (born 8 March 1969) is a South African politician who is the founding leader of the Batho Pele Movement, a party she founded in June 2021 after leaving the African Transformation Movement.
A former mathematics teacher, Mvenya had joined the Democratic Alliance in 2000 and served as a DA councillor in the Amathole District Municipality until 2004 when she was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature as a DA representative. She was re-elected in 2009 and 2014. In 2014, she was elected as the provincial chairwoman of the DA in the Eastern Cape. Mvenya held the position until her 'shock' resignation in May 2016. She resigned from the DA in May 2018 and joined the ATM in September 2018. Mvenya was the party's premier candidate for the May 2019 election. At the election, she was elected as the ATM's sole representative in the legislature. In June 2021, she resigned from the ATM and established the Batho Pele Movement.