U-Yahya John Mandlakayise Hlophe (owazalwa ngomhlaka 1 Januwari 1959 eStanger, KwaZulu-Natal ) unguMongameli wamaJaji oPhiko lwaseNtshonalanga Kapa eNkantolo eNkulu yaseNingizimu Afrika. Uzalelwe eStanger, KwaZulu-Natal, wafunda eNyuvesi yaseNatali ; iNyuvesi yaseFort Hare neCambridge University . UHlophe wafundisa ezomthetho eNyuvesi yaseTranskei, eNingizimu Afrika, ngaphambi kokuqokwa ngo-1995, eneminyaka engama-36, ukuhlala njengejaji lokuqala elimnyama eNkantolo eNkulu eKapa.Ubeyisifundiswa sokuqala esigcwele ukuqokwa njengeJaji leNkantolo eNkulu. Waqokwa ukuba ahole inkantolo ngo-2000. UHlophe ubuyele emsebenzini ngo-2009, wathi usebuyile ngoba “uphume isikhathi eside” futhi usekhathele wukuphila ngemali yabakhokhi bentela.Izingxoxo zokuxazulula izinkinga "sezimisiwe" kanti nokuvinjelwa kwakhe bekumvimbela ukuthi "afinyelele ezingeni eliphezulu kulo mkhakha". Ngaphambi nje kokuba uZuma amemezele ukuphakanyiswa kwakhe ngokusemthethweni kukaSandile Ngcobo njengejaji elilandelayo laseNingizimu Afrika, uHlophe wathi isinqumo sakhe sokuma noZuma sasimqedile. NgoSepthemba 2009, uHlophe wathola imvume eMnyangweni Wezobulungiswa ukuthi abuyele emsebenzini.