Thembi Majola

Thembi Majola
Majola in November 2018
Deputy Minister of Energy
In office
25 May 2014  31 December 2018
PresidentJacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
MinisterTina Joemat-Pettersson
Mmamoloko Kubayi
David Mahlobo
Jeff Radebe
Preceded byBarbara Thomson
Member of the National Assembly
In office
14 August 2018  31 December 2018
Personal details
Born
Thembisile Cheryl Majola

Soweto, Transvaal, South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Spouse
(div. 2014)
Alma materUniversity of Camagüey

Thembisile Cheryl Majola is a South African politician and civil servant who was Deputy Minister of Energy between May 2014 and December 2018. She was also director-general of the State Security Agency between March 2022 and November 2023.

A civil engineer by training, Majola rose to prominence during the presidency of Thabo Mbeki, when she worked in Mbeki's presidential office and served as South African Ambassador to Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, Gambia and Guinea Bissau. She joined the African National Congress in exile during apartheid.