Zanele Portia Nhlapho (born 24 June 1991) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for SAFA Women's League club Mamelodi Sundowns, where she is the current captain, and the South Africa women's national team.

In 2020, she signed for Kosovo Women's Football League side KFF Mitrovica but the deal fall through due to COVID-19.

[5][6] In 2021, she was nominated for the CAF Women Interclub Player of the Year award and made it to the 2021 CAF Women’s Champions League's team of the tournament.

[7] She captained the club to their second continental titles, the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League and 2023 Cosafa Women's Champions League, and was added to the team of the tournament for 2023.

[9] Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies KF Apolonia Fier