Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala

Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, MP, is a former South African Navy admiral, currently serving as a Member of Parliament for the Economic Freedom Fighters.

She was born in Soweto and later joined Umkhonto we Sizwe and went into exile in Angola. On her return to South Africa she completed a politics and drama degree at the University of Cape Town and an honours degree in criminology.

Naval Career
She joined the South African Navy on 1 April 1997 and became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) when she assumed the post of Director Fleet Force Human Resources at Fleet Command on 1 January 2004 but later resigned after she was convicted by a military court of fraudulently reporting the theft of a laptop, and assaulting a subordinate who wanted to search her car at a parade in Pretoria. The missing laptop was never found and she denied fabricating the theft.