Amanda Glenrose Mapena (née Bani) is a South African politician who was the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts and Culture in KwaZulu-Natal from August 2022 until her resignation in April 2023.
Having entered the provincial legislature, Mapena was appointed chairperson of the sports, arts and culture portfolio committee.
In June 2021, Mapena was implicated in an estimated R140 000 fraudulent payment that resulted in the former head of eThekwini parks and recreation department, Thembinkosi Ngcobo, being fired.
[3] The MEC for Finance, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, was selected by the national executive committee of the ANC to replace Zikalala.
On 11 August 2022, Mapena was appointed by premier Dube-Ncube as the MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture.