Emmanuel Kebby Maphatsoe (31 December 1962 – 31 August 2021) was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 until his death in 2021.
[1] He was also president of the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans’ Association (MKMVA) until its disbandment in 2021.
[2] Maphatsoe served as a Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans in the cabinet of South African president Jacob Zuma from 2014 to 2019.
[3] He was implicated in the current state capture probes and militarizing the MKMVA, most notably deploying 30+-year-old men outside Luthuli House who could not possibly be members of the MKMVA or have served in the ANC training camps throughout Southern Africa.
[4] Maphatsoe died on 31 August 2021 at his Johannesburg home.