Natasha Mazzone

Natasha Mazzone
Mazzone in 2018
Shadow Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies
Assumed office
21 April 2023
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byDianne Kohler-Barnard
Shadow Minister of State Security
National Security Advisor to the Leader of the Official Opposition
In office
18 August 2022 – 21 April 2023
DeputyDirk Stubbe
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byDianne Kohler Barnard
Succeeded byDianne Kohler-Barnard
Chief Whip of the Official Opposition
In office
31 October 2019 – 18 August 2022
DeputyJacques Julius
Siviwe Gwarube
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byJacques Julius (acting)
John Steenhuisen
Succeeded bySiviwe Gwarube
Deputy Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Federal Council
In office
10 April 2018 – 1 November 2020
Serving with Thomas Walters
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen (interim)
Mmusi Maimane
Helen Zille
ChairpersonHelen Zille
James Selfe
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJames Masango
Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises
In office
1 February 2012 – 31 October 2019
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Mmusi Maimane
Lindiwe Mazibuko
Preceded byManie van Dyk
Succeeded byGhaleb Cachalia
Shadow Minister of Communications
In office
6 September 2010 – 1 February 2012
LeaderLindiwe Mazibuko
Athol Trollip
Preceded byNiekie van den Berg
Succeeded byMarian Shinn
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
6 May 2009
ConstituencyGauteng
Member of the Tshwane City Council
In office
December 2000 – May 2009
Personal details
Born
Natasha Wendy Anita Mazzone

(1979-05-09) 9 May 1979 (age 45)
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
(2000–present)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Party
(1997–2000)
Spouse
(m. 2017)
Residences
EducationThe Glen High School
Occupation
  • Politician
  • civic activist
  • legislator
ReligionBuddhism
Order of the Star of Italy - OSI
Ribbon of the order
TypeKnighthood
Awarded forMs. N.W.A Mazzone
Presented by Italy
First awarded2021

Natasha Wendy Anita Mazzone MP OSI (born 9 May 1979) is a South African politician who served as the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition in the National Assembly of South Africa from October 2019 until August 2022. She has been a Member of the National Assembly, representing the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), since 2009. She was the second Deputy Federal Council Chairperson of the DA and the party's spokesperson on state capture. Mazzone has previously served as Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises and of Communications.


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