[citation needed] In December 2018, she was elected as the second deputy national secretary of the Young Communist League of South Africa.
[2] She was elected as deputy provincial secretary of the ANC in the Free State at the party's conference in January 2023.
"[8] In June 2020, she voted to re-establish the Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution after its term had expired.
She said that the "land was stolen and must be returned" and that the ANC had considered the legal, economic and political implications of expropriation without compensation.
[12] The following day, Mahlatsi was appointed as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works and Infrastructure by premier Mxolisi Dukwana.