Bavelile Gloria Hlongwa (14 April 1981 – 13 September 2019) was a South African chemical engineer and politician from KwaZulu-Natal and a party member of the African National Congress (ANC). She was the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from May 2019 until her death in September 2019.
Chemical engineer who worked at Shell Downstream SA and Sapref. Served as non-executive board member at Dube Trade Port Corporation and National Metrology Institute of South Africa. Passed away in September 2019. Posthumously awarded Doctor of Administration.© 2026