Career
Mashabela joined the Economic Freedom Fighters in 2013. She was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the general election held on 7 May 2014.[1] Mashabela was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 21 May 2014.
In November 2014, house chairperson Cedric Frolick ordered sergeant-at-arms Regina Mohlomi to remove Mashabela from the house after she repeatedly called president Jacob Zuma a "thief" and refused to withdraw.[2] Riot police came in to remove her from the chamber. Mashabela said that she was "traumatised" from the experience.[3]
At the EFF's conference in December 2014, she was elected to the central command team as an additional member.[4]
Mashabela was re-elected as an MP in May 2019.[5] She was re-elected to the central command team of the EFF in December 2019.[6] She was re-elected for another term in the National Assembly in the 2024 general election.[7]