Makhosi Khoza


Makhosi Busisiwe Khoza is a South African politician and former Member of Parliament for the ruling ANC who served as chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration. Khoza served in the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development. She became known for openly asking the president Jacob Zuma to step down.

Education and career

She holds a PhD in Public Administration and a master's degree in Social Science from the University of Witwatersrand. She is also a fellow at the Aspen Global Leadership Institute.
Having experience within both public and private sectors, Khoza served in the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development as a member of Parliament from the 4 September 2017 to the 21 September of that same year. Additionally, she is a former member of the African National Congress, National Assembly, and AdHoc Committee to nominate a person for the post of Public Protector.
On 21 September 2017, Khoza announced her resignation from the ANC to join the effort against corruption in South Africa.
On 1 December 2017, Khoza announced that she would launch a new political party, named African Democratic Change to be made of up of 16 small political groups. Khoza resigned from the African Democratic Change on 22 April 2018.

Ubantu isiZulu Alphabetical language

Khoza is the creator of an alphabetical language ordering system that helps in the learning of the Zulu language. Khoza published a textbook that works to build a solid foundation of South African linguistic identity through the presenting of a new sound-unit sequencing, Ubantu isiZulu Alphabetical Logic Order. Her textbook acts as a guide and practical bilingual tool that could be utilized into various other Bantu languages.