Fana Vincent "Fidel" Mlombo (born 21 December 1964) is a South African politician and trade unionist who served as Mpumalanga's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Culture, Sports and Recreation from June until September 2024 and has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since August 2016.
[1] In the legislature, Mlombo filled a casual vacancy that had arisen after the 2016 local government elections when Nomsa Mtsweni resigned to become Mayor of Thembisile Hani.
[3] As of 2022, he was the Majority Chief Whip in the provincial legislature, with Million Makaringe as his deputy.
[4][5] Following the 2024 general election, Mlombo joined the provincial government as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Culture, Sports and Recreation.
[6] Less than three months, he resigned as an MEC and was replaced with Leah Mabuza after the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress instructed premier Mandla Ndlovu to fire one of his male MECs and replace them with a woman in order for his executive council to be compliant with their gender policy that if a province has a male premier, 60% of the members of the executive council must be women.