Tandi Mahambehlala is a South African politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Human Settlements since 3 July 2024.
A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 to 2021.
[2] She was then appointed to parliamentary portfolio committees on energy, small business development, and telecommunications and postal services.
[5] During her time as chair of the committee, Mahambehlala was critical of International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor's inaction against officials implicated in the controversial purchase of a dilapidated building in New York for R118 million, telling Pandor during a committee meeting in February 2021: "You must spare yourself from self-importance — your utterances, I find them very arrogant.
"[6] On 26 August 2021, the ANC announced that Mahambehlala would swap positions with Supra Mahumapelo, the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism.