Dr. Mimmy Martha Gondwe
Dr. Mimmy Martha Gondwe is a South African Member of Parliament who serves in the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa’s Parliament. Dr. Gondwe is also the Official Opposition’s shadow Deputy Minister for Public Service and Administration.
Dr. Gondwe worked as a content advisor and researcher before becoming a Member of Parliament. She received her Doctorate of Law from the University of Stellenbosch’s Mercantile Law Department in 2011. Dr. Gondwe received various academic grants during her Ph.D. studies, including the Fulbright Scholarship, the Baden Wurttemberg Stiftung Scholarship, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation Scholarship.
Our mission and vision
The network’s mission is to support and empower political parties, organisations, networks, think tanks and individuals, to grow their support, to increase their influence on politics and implement policies of good governance when in government.
In partnership with our members and strategic partners, the network advocates for values of freedom and the individual choice of association across the continent by:
• Championing Liberal policy solutions to Africa’s challenges;
• Capacitating Liberal Democratic member parties with innovative skills, necessary to win elections and lead governments;
Providing a platform for like-minded advocates of good governance, to network and share experience, skills and ideas;
All members of the network are bound by statutory obligations affirming allegiance to ensure the freedoms and dignity of all people, through establishing political and civil rights, upholding the rule of law, supporting democratic governance based on free and fair elections with peaceful transition, ensuring religious, gender and minority rights, fighting corruption and supporting economic freedom, regional integration and free trade opportunities, like the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).