Zakhele Mbhele (born 9 November 1984) is a South African politician.
A Member of Parliament of the Democratic Alliance in the National Assembly, Mbhele served as Media Liaison Officer for Western Cape Premier Helen Zille from November 2011 to May 2014.
[2][3][4] He is one of a number of openly LGBT members of parliament, alongside fellow DA MPs Mike Waters and Ian Ollis.
While attending University of Witwatersrand, he led ACTIVATE, the university’s LGBT campus group,[5] and later served on the board of Joburg Pride.
He was cited by the Mail & Guardian as one of "Top 200 Young South Africans" for his Civil Society work in 2010.