Lindiwe Mabuza (born 13 August 1938 in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) is a South African politician, diplomat, poet, academic, journalist, and cultural activist. She was an anti-Apartheid activist who went on to serve her country as a Member of the first democratically elected parliament of South Africa. She then proceeded to a career as a distinguished diplomat. She serves on the Advisory Board of Elders of the Ifa Lethu Foundation, which repatriates South African artworks. She is also a patron of Dramatic Need, a UK-based charity that promotes creative arts for children, and is an advisory Council Member of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation. She has also served as the Chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund UK.