Ben Mthembu

{{Short description|South African politician (born 1950)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| party = African National Congress

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly

| termstart1 = June 1999

| termend1 = May 2009

| citizenship = South Africa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|05|02|df=yes}}

}}

Ben Mthembu (born 2 May 1950){{cite magazine |date=11 June 1999 |title=General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures |url=https://gazettes.africa/archive/za/1999/za-government-gazette-dated-1999-06-11-no-20203.pdf |magazine=Government Gazette of South Africa |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Government of South Africa |volume=408 |issue=20203 |pages= |access-date=26 March 2021}} is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2009. He was elected in 1999 to represent the Mpumalanga constituency and gained re-election in 2004 off the ANC's national party list.{{cite magazine |date=20 April 2004 |title=General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 |url=https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/262770.pdf |magazine=Government Gazette of South Africa |location=Pretoria, South Africa |publisher=Government of South Africa |volume=466 |issue=2677 |pages=4–95 |access-date=26 March 2021}} During his second term, he was a member of the Portfolio Committee on Education.{{Cite news |date=27 May 2008 |title=MPs: Foreign teachers could spark xenophobia |work=IOL |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/mps-foreign-teachers-could-spark-xenophobia-402151 |access-date=21 May 2023}}