Mugwena Maluleke

Mugwena Maluleke (born 1963) is a South African trade union leader.

Born on a farm in Mookgopong, Maluleke worked in the tobacco fields as a child. He qualified as an English and maths teacher in 1985, and began working in Tshwane. He became involved in the anti-apartheid campaign, and joined the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). In 1993, he took part in a strike, which led to his vicitimisation by the government.

Maluleke later became headteacher at Rodney Mokoena Secondary School in Soshanguve. In 2009, he was elected as the general secretary of SADTU. In 2024, he was additionally elected as president of Education International.

Maluleke has seven children, and has a master's degree in business administration.