Faith Mazibuko

In October 2022, newly elected premier Panyaza Lesufi reappointed Mazibuko as MEC for Community Safety.

Mazibuko returned to the post of MEC for Community Safety after the 2019 general elections. She was replaced by Mbali Hlophe as MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation.

In October 2015, Makhura announced that Mazibuko would swop positions with MEC for Sports, Heritage, Arts and Culture, Molebatsi Bopape. Maizbuko was implicated in controversy when a recording of her trying to force her staff to disregard procurement processes so as to fast track the delivery of combicourts in the run-up to the 2019 general elections was leaked to the media.

Following David Makhura's election as premier in May 2014, she was appointed MEC for Agriculture, Environment, Rural Development and Social Development. Sizakele Emelda Nkosi-Malobane succeeded her as Community Safety MEC.

In the NCOP, she served on several Ad-hoc committees. She also co-chaired the Ad-hoc committee on the National Youth Development Agency. Mazibuko was a chair of the Women's Caucus and deputy chief whip. In May 2010, she was elected to the provincial executive committee of the ANC in Gauteng. She is the former ANCWL Gauteng Deputy Secretary and current ANCWL Gauteng Chairperson.

In November 2010, she was appointed MEC for Community Safety, replacing Khabisi Mosunkutu. Bheki Nkosi took over as MEC for Infrastructure Development.

After the 2009 election, Mazibuko returned to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. She was appointed Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Infrastructure Development by newly elected premier Nomvula Mokonyane.

In 2004, she was elected to the National Council of Provinces as a permanent delegate from Gauteng. Mazibuko returned to the provincial legislature in 2009 and was appointed Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Infrastructure Development. She became MEC for Community Safety in November 2010. After the 2014 elections, Mazibuko was selected as the MEC for the expanded Agriculture, Environment, Rural Development and Social Development portfolio. In October 2015 Mazibuko was moved to the Sports, Heritage, Arts and Culture portfolio. She was appointed as Gauteng MEC for Community Safety in May 2019.

In 2004, the Gauteng legislature elected her as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces representing Gauteng.

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko is a South African politician from Gauteng. She is the current Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Community Safety. She has been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1996 to 2004 and currently from 2009. Mazibuko is a member of the African National Congress.

Born in the Charteston Location in Nigel, Mazibuko matriculated from Sekano-Ntoane Senior Secondary School. She enrolled for and obtained multiple qualifications from various institutions of higher learning. A member of the African National Congress, she was active in the party's youth league and served on multiple party structures. She became a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in 1996.

During her time in Diepkloof, she was the secretary of the Vuyani Mabaxa branch. Mazibuko was re-elected as a member of the ANC's executive committee for the Greater Johannesburg region. Mazibuko was sworn in as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in 1996. During her tenure as an MPL, she was an ANC whip and served on the legislature's portfolio and select committees on health, education, arts and culture.

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko was born on 2 April 1965 in the Charteston township in Nigel in South Africa's former Transvaal Province. She attended the Jabavu East Community School and St Matthews Roman Catholic School before attending Marianhill High School in Pinetown in the former Natal Province. Mazibuko then moved back to the Transvaal and matriculated from the Sekano-Ntoane Senior Secondary School. She then enrolled for a degree at the University of South Africa majoring in Education, English and History.