Elphus Fani Mathebula

Elphus Fani Mathebula is a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the African National Congress from 2019 until 2024.

Background Mathebula has a certificate in Management Development for Finance from the University of the Witwatersrand, a Certificate in Executive Leadership Municipal Development from the University of Pretoria and a Certificate in Provincial and Local Government Law from the University of South Africa. As of 2019, he is studying for a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.

Mathebula was a branch convenor from 2000 to 2001. He has been an African National Congress branch chairperson from 2002 to 2011 and again since 2013. He was a South African Communist Party (SACP) branch secretary from 2005 to 2007 and a regional chairperson of the African National Congress Youth League from 2008 to 2010. He was an ANC LET coordinator from 2015 to 2016. In 2015, he was appointed to the regional task team (RTT) of the youth league. He serves on the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure.

Mathebula did not stand for reelection in the 2024 general election.