Candith Mashego-Dlamini

Candith Mashego-Dlamini
Mashego-Dlamini in 2022
Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
In office 29 May 2019 – 30 June 2024 Serving with Alvin Botes
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Minister	Naledi Pandor
Preceded by	Reginah Mhaule
Succeeded by	Thandi Moraka
Member of the National Assembly
In office 21 May 2014 – 30 June 2024
Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
In office 26 May 2014 – 25 May 2019 Serving with Mcebisi Skwatsha
President	Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa
Minister	Gugile Nkwinti Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
Preceded by	Pam Tshwete
Succeeded by	Portfolio abolished
Personal details
Born	Kwati Candith Mashego (1960-01-01) 1 January 1960 (age 64) Hazyview, Transvaal Union of South Africa
Spouse	Noah Dlamini
Alma mater	University of South Africa

Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini (born 1 January 1960) is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She served as the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from May 2019 until June 2024, and she also served as Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2014 to 2019.

A teacher by profession, Mashego-Dlamini was a member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2014 and served in several different portfolios in the Mpumalanga Executive Council. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2014 and was appointed as a deputy minister by President Jacob Zuma. Zuma's successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, appointed her to her current position after the 2019 general election.

Mashego-Dlamini is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and was formerly an office-bearer in the Mpumalanga branch of the ANC Women's League. From 2017 to 2022, she was an elected member of the ANC National Executive Committee.