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Malambule Samuel Mashinini (born 22 November 1959) is a South African politician and trade union leader who has been a member of the Free State Provincial Legislature since 2014. A member of the African National Congress, he was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature in May 2014. He was then appointed as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. A year later, he became the MEC for Economic and Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs. Mashinini was appointed MEC for Police, Roads & Transport in October 2016. He was dismissed in October 2021.
In 2011, Mashinini was elected to the provincial executive committee (PEC) of the African National Congress in the Free State. He was elected to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress in 2012. He is currently serving as a member of the provincial working committee of the South African Communist Party. He also served on the Free State Development Corporation.
In October 2016, Mashinini became the MEC for Police, Roads & Transport, replacing Butana Komphela.
Magashule resigned as premier and Sisi Ntombela was elected to replace him. Ntombela kept Mashinini as the MEC for Police, Roads & Transport. In May 2018, he was elected as the provincial chairperson of the ANC in the Free State. Mashinini has been described as an ally of the former premier. He remained as the MEC for Police, Roads & Transport after the 2019 elections.
On 31 March 2021, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) declared the 2018 ANC Free State elective conference unlawful and unconstitutional, removing Mashinini as the ANC's provincial chairperson.
On 27 September 2021, Ntombela suspended Mashinini as the MEC for Police, Roads & Transport pending an investigation into the lack of progress into the construction of roads between Reitz and Tweeling, Cornelia and Villiers, and Oranjeville and Deneysville. Ntombela fired him on 1 October and replaced him with William Bulwane.
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