Lyndall Shope-Mafole
Lyndall Shope-Mafole | |
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| General Secretary of the Congress of the People | |
| In office January 2014 – January 2019 | |
| President | Mosiuoa Lekota |
| Deputy | Deidre Carter |
| Preceded by | Herself (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Papi Kganare |
| Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 6 May 2009 – 6 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lyndall Fanisa Shope 1957 or 1958 (age 68–69) |
| Party | Congress of the People (since 2008) |
| Other political affiliations | African National Congress (until 2008) |
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| Parent(s) | Mark Shope and Gertrude Shope |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría |
Lyndall Fanisa Shope-Mafole (née Shope; born 1957 or 1958) is a South African politician and former civil servant who was the general secretary of the Congress of the People (COPE) from 2014 to 2019. She led COPE's caucus in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2009 until 2014, when she failed to gain re-election.
Born into the African National Congress (ANC) to anti-apartheid stalwarts Mark and Gertude Shope, Shope-Mafole was raised and educated in exile during apartheid. She was briefly a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee from December 2007 until October 2008, when she resigned to become a founding member of COPE. Before joining the provincial legislature, Shope-Mafole had a high-profile career in telecommunications policy and governance, most proximately as director-general in the Department of Communications from 2004 to 2009.