Kwazikwenkosi Innocent Mshengu (born 10 November 1984) is a South African lawyer and African National Congress politician who served as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education in KwaZulu-Natal until 11 August 2022 when he was replaced with Mbali Frazer by the new KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube.
[1] Mshengu was the head of ministry at the provincial Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs from June 2016 until his election to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in May 2019.
[1] The newly elected premier, Sihle Zikalala, named him Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education.
He served until 9 March, when Peggy Nkonyeni was appointed to the position as part of a cabinet reshuffle done by premier Zikalala.
On 23 July 2022, Mshengu was defeated by Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu in the election for deputy provincial chairperson.
[6][7][8] On 11 August 2022, Mshengu resigned as Education MEC ahead of the newly elected premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube's cabinet announcement.