Sylvia Elizabeth Lucas (born 22 April 1964) is the current Deputy Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces in the Republic of South Africa, after having taken office on 23 May 2019.

Lucas briefly served as acting premier and before her appointment, as the MEC for Environmental Affairs in the Northern Cape Provincial Government.

Lucas attended the Carlton Van Heerden High School in Upington where in the early 1980s, she first became involved in political activities.

She had also meanwhile risen through the ranks of the ANC Women's League, acting as provincial secretary following the resignation of Maykie Dipuo.

[10][11] On the date set for Lucas's inauguration as premier, however, the motion to recognise Jenkins' stepping down was opposed on procedural grounds.

A vote in the Northern Cape legislature on 30 April 2013, in which opposition parties COPE and the Democratic Alliance took part, failed to achieve the required two-thirds support for the motion to be carried.

[14][15] Premier Lucas came under media scrutiny when it was revealed that she spent R53,000 ($3585.93) on fast food and personal groceries, with her government-issued credit card, in the first ten weeks of her taking up the post.