Marshall Mzingisi Dlamini (born 13 August 1977) is a South African businessman and politician who was elected the secretary-general of the

Economic Freedom Fighters The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South African communist and black nationalist political party. It was founded by expelled former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema, and his allies, on 26 July 20 ...

in December 2019. He has been a member of the

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since April 2015. Dlamini has been an EFF member since its inception in July 2013.

Political career

Dlamini was previously involved in the

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and its youth league. He was close to the league's former Secretary-General

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. He became a member of the EFF in the early days of the party. He was at the party's launch at Uncle Tom's Hall in

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in July 2013. He was elected to serve on the Central Command Team, the party's highest decision-making structure. He became a member of the National Assembly in April 2015 following the expulsion of multiple EFF MPs. He was re-elected for a second term in May 2019. Before the EFF's second leadership conference in December 2019, ''

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'' reported that supporters of the EFF president,

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, had begun to lobby for Dlamini to succeed the incumbent secretary-general, Godrich Gardee. At the conference, Dlamini was elected unopposed to the position. he was re-elected for a second term in December 2024.

Incident

In February 2019, following the State of the Nation Address, Dlamini physically assaulted a member of the presidential security team due to a conflict between EFF MPs and the security.

References

External links

Mr Marshall Mzingisi Dlamini – People's AssemblyMr Marshall Mzingisi Dlamini – Parliament of South Africa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dlamini, Marshall Living people 1977 births Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2024–2029 South African pan-Africanists Economic Freedom Fighters politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024 Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2014–2019