Mildred Oliphant

{{Short description|South African politician (born 1959)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mildred Oliphant

| image = Mildred Oliphant - 2016 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Mildred Oliphant in 2016

| office = Minister of Labour

| president = Jacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa

| deputy = Sango Patekile Holomisa

| term_start = 1 November 2010

| term_end = 29 May 2019

| predecessor = Membathisi Mdladlana

| successor = Thulas Nxesi

| birth_place = KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

| death_date =

| death_place =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|03|22|df=yes}}

}}

Mildred Nelisiwe Oliphant (born 22 March 1959),{{Cite web |title=National seats assigned |url=https://www.elections.org.za/ieconline/Documents/2019%20NPE%20List%20Of%20Reprensentatives/National%20Assembly%20List%20-%20Gazette.pdf |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=Electoral Commission of South Africa}} formerly known as Mildred Buthelezi, was South Africa's Minister of Labour from October 2010 to May 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.labour.gov.za/DOL/about-us/labour-ministry-profile|title=Biographical Notes: Minister Nelisiwe Mildred Oliphant|publisher=Department of Labour}} She left Parliament after the 2019 general election.{{Cite web |title=Mildred Oliphant |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/mildred-nelisiwe-oliphant/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}}