Senzo Mkhize
{{Short description|South African politician (1970–2016)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
| party = African National Congress
| termstart = May 2010
| termend = May 2016
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly
| termstart1 = 6 May 2009
| termend1 = 19 May 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date|1970|07|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Inanda, Natal
South Africa
| death_date = {{death-date|May 2016}} (aged 45)
| resting_place = Heroes' Acre, Chesterville
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
| constituency1 = KwaZulu-Natal
| birth_name = Langalakhe Nicholas Mkhize
| death_place = Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
}}
Langalakhe Nicholas "Senzo" Mkhize (28 July 1970 – May 2016) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2009 to 2010 and then in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from 2010 to 2016. He was the Chief Whip in the provincial legislature from 2014 until his death in 2016. Formerly an activist in the ANC Youth League, Mkhize was also a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's KwaZulu-Natal branch.
Early life and activism
He was born in Inanda in present-day KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal province){{Cite web |last=Harper |first=Paddy |date=7 May 2016 |title=KZN ANC chief whip dies |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/kzn-anc-chief-whip-dies-20160507 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=City Press |language=en-US}} on 28 July 1970.{{Cite web |date=6 April 2009 |title=2009 National and Provincial Election – Final Candidate Lists |url=https://www.elections.org.za/content/uploadedFiles/2009%20National%20and%20Provincial%20Election%20candidate%20lists.pdf?n=9151 |access-date=27 May 2023 |website=Electoral Commission of South Africa}} He became active in the anti-apartheid movement while a student at Nkosinathi High School in the 1980s.{{Cite web |last=Zungu |first=Lungani |date=15 May 2016 |title=Fitting send off for ANC's KZN chief whip |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/fitting-send-off-for-ancs-kzn-chief-whip-2021778 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=IOL |language=en}} According to Mxolisi Kaunda, he became active in the United Democratic Front in Inanda through the Inanda Youth Organisation, an affiliate of the South African Youth Congress.
After the ANC was unbanned in 1990, he became a regional leader of the ANC Youth League, and later of the mainstream ANC, in northern Durban. He ultimately served as Deputy Chairperson of the ANC Youth League's KwaZulu-Natal branch.
Provincial legislature
In the 2009 general election, Mkhize was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly.{{Cite web |title=Langalakhe Nicholas Mkhize |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/l-n-mkhize/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}} He held the seat until 19 May 2010,{{Cite web |title=Members of the National Assembly |url=http://www.pmg.org.za/node/30336 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209085913/http://www.pmg.org.za/node/30336 |archive-date=9 February 2014 |access-date=2 March 2023 |website=Parliamentary Monitoring Group}} when the ANC transferred him to a seat in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. In 2012, he was appointed as the party's Deputy Chief Whip in the provincial legislature. Pursuant to the 2014 general election, he was elected to his first full term in the provincial legislature, ranked 18th on the ANC's provincial party list, and was additionally named as the ANC's Chief Whip in the legislature.
He was also a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's provincial branch in KwaZulu-Natal. Following his election to the body in 2012,{{Cite news |last=Oliphant |first=Nathi |date=20 May 2012 |title=KZN names its new executive committee |work=Sunday Tribune |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sunday-tribune-south-africa/20120520/281775626197443 |access-date=8 January 2023 |via=PressReader}} he served as provincial spokesperson for the provincial party.{{Cite web |last=Ngqulunga |first=Thobani |date=2013-03-03 |title=Mkhize off to Luthuli House? |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/witness/archive/mkhize-off-to-luthuli-house-20150430/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Witness |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2013-11-06 |title=ANC anger over 'insulting art student T-shirts' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-24834654 |access-date=2023-01-29}} He was re-elected to another four-year term on the committee in 2015.{{Cite web |date=10 November 2015 |title=Super Zuma says new ANC KZN leadership to hit the ground running |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/super-zuma-says-new-anc-kzn-leadership-to-hit-the- |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Politicsweb |language=en}}
Personal life and death
References
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External links
- {{People's Assembly (South Africa)|l-n-mkhize|Mr Langalakhe Nicholas Mkhize}}
Category:People from Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal
Category:African National Congress politicians
Category:Members of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2009–2014