Mthandeni Dlungwana

Mthandeni Dlungwana
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature
In office
14 September 2011  15 July 2019
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council for Education
In office
June 2016  May 2019
PremierWillies Mchunu
Preceded byPeggy Nkonyeni
Succeeded byKwazi Mshengu
Personal details
BornJanuary 1976 (1976-01) (age 49)
eNqabeni, KwaNxamalala
Natal Province, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Mthandeni Eric Dlungwana (born January 1976), also spelled Dlungwane, is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature between 2011 and 2019. He was formerly KwaZulu-Natal's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education from 2016 to 2019 under Premier Willies Mchunu.

Dlungwana was the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal from May 2010 until October 2011, when his leadership corps was disbanded by the national league after he fell out with league president Julius Malema. He is also a former Regional Chairperson of the ANC's Musa Dladla branch in Umgungundlovu District. He was dismissed from the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council after the 2019 general election and he resigned from the legislature shortly afterwards in July 2019.