Veronica Mente

She is also a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa, having taken office in May 2014.

Mente 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.

Mente became a member of the EFF shortly after its founding.

She was elected to Parliament in 2014.

Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente is a South African politician serving as the Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) since her election in December 2019.

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.

Mente was elected EFF national chairperson at the party's second elective conference in December 2019, succeeding advocate Dali Mpofu.