Marshall Dlamini


Marshall Mzingisi Dlamini is a South African businessman and politician. He is the current Secretary-General of the Economic Freedom Fighters after having been elected in December 2019. He has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since April 2015. Dlamini has been an EFF member since its inception in July 2013.

Political career

Dlamini was previously involved in the African National Congress and its youth league. He was close to the league's former treasurer-general Sindiso Magaqa.
He became a member of the EFF in the early days of the party. He was in attendance at the party's launch at Uncle Tom's Hall in Soweto 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 of South Africa in April 2015 following the expulsion of multiple EFF MPs. He was re-elected to a second term in May 2019.
Ahead of the EFF's second leadership conference in December 2019, The Sunday Times reported that supporters of EFF president Julius Malema had begun to lobby for Dlamini to succeed incumbent Secretary-General Godrich Gardee. At the conference, Dlamini was elected to the position unopposed. He is deputised by Poppy Mailola.

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.