UJoseph Mbuku Nhlanhla (4 kuZibandlela 1936 - 2 Julayi 2008) wayeyisikhulu esiphezulu se- African National Congress futhi owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezobunhloli waseNingizimu Afrika. Wazalelwa eSophiatown, eduze Johannesburg, uNhlanhla abahambele lo Ikage Primary School Alexandra futhi kamuva umatric kusukela Kilnerton Training Institute ngo-1956.Wajoyina uphiko lwentsha lwe-ANC, i- ANC Youth League, ngo-1957. Wakhethwa waba yisikhulu esiphezulu se -ANCYL eTransvaal ngemuva konyaka. Ekuqaleni kuka-1964, waya eSoviet Union eyofunda, waqeda iziqu zeMasters kwezomnotho ngo-1969.Kodwa-ke akakaze asebenze njengesazi sezomnotho. Ngo-1969 waqokwa njengenhloko yekomkhulu le-ANC lentsha kanye nelabafundi eTanzania, isikhundla asisebenze iminyaka emihlanu ngaphambi kokuqokwa njengommeleli omkhulu wenhlangano eGibhithe naseMiddle East ngo-1973. Ngo-1978, i-ANC yamfaka ekomkhulu layo eLusaka njengonobhala wezokuphatha kuzwelonke. Ngo-1981 uNhlanhla waba yilungu lesigungu esiphezulu se-ANC. Ngo-1986, wajoyina uphiko lwezobunhloli lwale nhlangano ngemuva kokusebenza iminyaka emithathu engunobhala womkhandlu wamasosha ezepolitiki. Ngonyaka olandelayo waba yinhloko yezobunhloli ku-ANC, lapho, eminyakeni emibili kamuva, waba yilungu leqembu le-ANC elaliholwa nguThabo Mbeki elaxhumana nohulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika wangaleso sikhathi wobandlululo.