Mr Richard Hlope is the Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans since July 2024.
Richard Hlophe (born 7 July 1959), commonly known as Richard Mkhungo, hails from KwaZulu-Natal. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was elected as the National President of the South African National Civics Organisation in November 2023. He was formerly a local Councillor in eThekwini.
He rose to political prominence as a Trade Unionist in the South African Municipal Workers' Union, first as a Union Organiser and then as the Union's Provincial Secretary in KwaZulu-Natal between 1998 and 2006. He also served in the provincial leadership of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and as president of the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union.
Source: People's Assembly
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