Makhosazana Mpho Mdlalose (born 11 March 1957) is a South African politician who has served in the National Assembly and KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature, variously representing the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the National Democratic Convention (Nadeco), and the Democratic Alliance (DA).
[2][3] She joined the IFP in her youth and represented the party in the Newcastle Local Council from 1996 to 2000.
[4] By 2003, she was an assistant school principal in Newcastle and the chairman of a local party branch.
[4] In late June 2003, Mdlalose was sworn in to a seat in the National Assembly, filling a casual vacancy in the IFP caucus.
However, she defected to the newly formed Nadeco on 6 September 2005 during the 2005 floor-crossing window.