Natasha Wendy Anita Mazzone MP OSI (born 9 May 1979)[1] is a South African politician who served as the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition in the National Assembly of South Africa from October 2019 until August 2022.
She has been a Member of the National Assembly, representing the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), since 2009.
She was the second Deputy Federal Council Chairperson of the DA and the party's spokesperson on state capture.
In 2010 Mazzone was selected to attend the American Council of Young Political Leaders program.
[5] She started her political career in 1997 at the University of Pretoria (UP) where she was the chairperson of the Democratic Party (DP) Youth branch.
She was first made the Shadow Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development by Parliamentary Leader Athol Trollip.
[13][14] Her election was initially disputed by Khume Ramulifho, who also contested the position, and other senior DA politicians.
Mazzone was appointed as the National Security Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition and will now serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence.
Mazzone was appointed as Shadow Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies on 21 April 2023.
[25] In April 2021, the DA Western Cape leader, Bonginkosi Madikizela, was suspended for having lied on his CV about having a BCom degree.
Mazzone's Wikipedia article was then edited by an anonymous user, who changed her occupation in the infobox from 'Advocate' to 'None'.
Mazzone was then accused by Good party Secretary-General Brett Herron of editing the Wikipedia article about her to remove the word 'Advocate' from the infobox and lying about having a law degree and being an advocate.
[26] Party insiders also claimed that she had misrepresented her qualifications to get a seat on the Federal Legal Commission of the DA.
[29] The DA's Ashor Sarupen responded to Herron on 21 April, saying that Mazzone completed her articles in terms of Section 5(3) of the Attorneys Act and she has done her LEAD [Legal Education and Development] Training.
She married fellow Democratic Alliance MP Kevin Mileham in July 2017.