Makgabo Reginah Mhaule (born 1 December 1961) is a South African politician from Mpumalanga who is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Basic Education.
Throughout that time, she was Mpumalanga's Member of the Executive Council for Education in the provincial government of Premier David Mabuza.
[3] In May 2019, she completed a doctorate in public administration at the University of Fort Hare, with a dissertation about education outcomes in KwaMhlanga.
[5] She was re-elected to her seat in the 2014 general election and remained in office for the remainder of Mabuza's premiership.
[7] The Citizen reported that Mabuza had lobbied heavily for her candidacy, possibly because he wanted her to act as his "de-facto chief whip" in the committee.
[10][11] James Masango, the provincial leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance, objected to Mhaule's promotion, claiming that both she and Mabuza – who was appointed as Ramaphosa's Deputy President – had "left havoc in the departments they oversaw" in Mpumalanga.
[1] In January 2019, her domestic worker opened a complaint against her with the police, alleging that Mhaule might have drawn her salary fraudulently.