Mzameni Richard Mdakane (born 1 January 1955) is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly previously from 2009 until 2019, when he failed to gain re-election, and again from March 2023 until May 2024.
Mdakane was born on 1 January 1955 in Dundee (later known as KwaThalane) in the former Natal province.
[1] After finishing high school, Mdakane moved to Johannesburg, where his father worked, and grew increasingly active in anti-apartheid youth politics, including through the Alexandra Civic Organisation and the ANC underground.
[1] Mdakane was first elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature in 1994, representing the ANC, and he was re-elected to his seat in 1999 and 2004.
He served ten years in the National Assembly, securing re-election to his seat in the 2014 general election.