Veliswa Mvenya (born 8 March 1969) is a South African politician who is the founding leader of the Batho Pele Movement, a party she founded in June 2021 after leaving the African Transformation Movement.

A former mathematics teacher, Mvenya had joined the Democratic Alliance in 2000 and served as a DA councillor in the Amathole District Municipality until 2004 when she was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature as a DA representative.

[1] She held the position until her 'shock' resignation in May 2016 due to infighting within the party in the Eastern Cape and bad relations with provincial leader Athol Trollip.

[6] In May 2017, Mvenya ran for provincial leader of the party but lost to Nqaba Bhanga.

[8] She then joined the newly established African Transformation Movement in September.

[9] Following the provincial election in May 2019, Mvenya returned to the legislature as the party's sole representative.

[10] In June 2021, she resigned from the ATM and formed the Batho Pele Movement, a 'non-hierarchical party' that focuses on service delivery.