{{Short description|South African politician (1959–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Alice Mthembu | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | term_start = 22 May 2019 | term_end = 26 December 2023 | successor = Khulani Hadebe | birth_name = Alice Hlebani Mthembu | birth_date = {{birth date|1959|06|10|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|26|1959|12|2|df=y}} | death_place = | party = African National Congress | other_party = | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Politician | known_for = | committees = | awards = | website = }} '''Alice Hlebani Mthembu''' (10 June 1959 – 26 December 2023) was a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal. She was a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress.
==Early life and education== Mthembu was born into a Zulu family on 10 June 1959.<ref>{{cite news |title=Here’s the full list of politicians who will make up South Africa’s 6th Parliament |url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/317164/heres-the-full-list-of-politicians-who-will-make-up-south-africas-6th-parliament/ |access-date=2 April 2021 |newspaper=BusinessTECH |date=15 May 2019}}</ref> She had a matric certificate.<ref name="Parl">{{cite web |title=Ms Alice Hlebani Mthembu |url=https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/260 |website=Parliament of South Africa |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>
==Political career== Mthembu was a member of the provincial executive committee of the African National Congress Women's League in KwaZulu-Natal.<ref name="Parl" />
Prior to the May 8, 2019 general election, Mthembu was the seventeenth candidate on the ANC's list of KwaZulu-Natal candidates for the National Assembly.<ref>{{cite web |title=ANC national and provincial lists for 2019 elections |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/anc-national-and-provincial-lists-for-2019-electio |website=African National Congress |access-date=2 April 2021 |date=17 March 2019}}</ref> The Democratic Alliance, an opposition party, urged the public to object to her candidature because she produced false documents in 2000 to try and prove that she married the late ANC Member of the Provincial Legislature in KwaZulu-Natal Shedrack Bheki Mthembu in January 1983. The court ruled against her.<ref>{{cite web |title=OBJECT TO CORRUPT ANC CANDIDATES IN ELECTION 2019 |url=https://www.da.org.za/campaigns/candidates-objection |website=Democratic Alliance |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Battle of the 'lawful wife' settled |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/battle-of-the-lawful-wife-settled-20000830 |access-date=2 April 2021 |agency=News24 |date=30 August 2000 |location=Pietermaritzburg}}</ref>
She was elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/Elections/News/see-these-are-the-people-who-will-represent-you-in-parliament-provincial-legislatures-20190515 |access-date=2 April 2021 |agency=News24 |date=15 May 2019}}</ref> On 27 June, she became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Communications. In November 2020, Mthembu was named to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.<ref name="PA">{{cite web |title=Experience: Alice Hlebani Mthembu |url=https://www.pa.org.za/person/alice-hlebani-mthembu/#experience |website=People's Assembly |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>
==Death== Mthembu died in a car accident on 26 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gerber |first=Jan |title=ANC MP Alice Mthembu dies in car accident |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/parliament/anc-mp-alice-mthembu-dies-in-car-accident-20231227 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref> She was replaced in parliament by Khulani Hadebe.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
==See also== *List of members of the National Assembly of South Africa who died in office
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mthembu, Alice}} Category:1959 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Zulu people Category:Politicians from KwaZulu-Natal Category:Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa Category:African National Congress politicians Category:Road incident deaths in South Africa Category:Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024