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Veronica Mente
Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente is a South African politician who served as the National Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) from December 2019 until December 2024. She is also a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa, having taken office in May 2014. BiographyMente is from the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town. She began her career by working as a security member for the previous mayor of Cape Town. She was a "barefoot lawyer" in Khayelitsha who assisted workers. Mente was then a volunteer for the Labour Community Advice Media and Education Centre (LAMEC) in Khayelitsha.[1] Mente became a member of the EFF shortly after its founding. She was elected to Parliament in 2014.[1] In May 2019, she was re-elected for a second term as an MP. As of June 2019, she is a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and an Alternate Member of the Standing Committee on the Auditor General. She became a member of the Disciplinary Committee in September 2019.[1] Mente was elected EFF national chairperson at the party's second elective conference in December 2019, succeeding advocate Dali Mpofu.[2] She was succeeded by Nontando Nolutshungu at the party's third elective conference in December 2024.[3] References
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