| Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office: | Deputy Secretary-General of the Economic Freedom Fighters |
| President: | Julius Malema |
| Term Start: | 15 December 2014 |
| Term End: | 14 December 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Post established |
| Successor: | Poppy Mailola |
| Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa |
| Term Start1: | 21 May 2014 |
| Birthname: | Hlengiwe Octavia Hlophe-Maxon |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Party: | Economic Freedom Fighters |
| Alma Mater: | University of South Africa |
| Occupation: | Member of Parliament |
| Profession: | Politician |
Hlengiwe Octavia Mkhaliphi (née Hlophe-Maxon) is a South African politician who has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly since May 2014. Mkhaliphi is a founding member of the Economic Freedom Fighters and served as the party's inaugural deputy secretary-general from 2014 until 2019.
Mkhaliphi received a Bachelor of Administration Honours in Public Administration from the University of South Africa in April 2019.[1] [2] [3]
Mkhaliphi is a founding member of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a party that was established in July 2013 and is currently led by Julius Malema.[4] She was elected as one of the party's first parliamentarians in May 2014. In December of that same year, she was elected as the party's inaugural deputy secretary-general.[5]
Mkhaliphi returned to Parliament following the 2019 general election. At the party's December conference, she was nominated for a second term as deputy secretary-general, but she declined the nomination. Poppy Mailola was elected to succeed her.[6] She was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2024 general election.[7]
Mkhaliphi married in October 2016. The party's Twitter account tweeted about it with "#revolutionarywedding".[8]