The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) is the party's chief executive organ. It is elected every five years at the party’s national conference;the executive committee,in turn,elects a National Working Committee for day-to-day decision-making responsibilities. At the NEC's head is the president of the ANC,and it also contains the other so-called "Top Seven" leaders:the deputy president,chairperson,secretary-general,two deputy secretaries-general and treasurer-general.
Thabang Sampson Makwetla MP is a South African politician affiliated with the African National Congress (ANC). He is a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa and is the current Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans,a role he previously served in between 2009 and 2014. He has also served as the Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services,and was Premier of Mpumalanga province between 2004 and 2009.
David Dabede Mabuza is a South African politician who served as deputy president of South Africa from February 2018 to February 2023. He was the deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) from December 2017 to December 2022 and was previously the premier of Mpumalanga from 2009 to 2018,throughout the presidency of his former political ally Jacob Zuma. Mabuza served as a Member of Parliament from 2018 until his resignation in 2023.
The African National Congress retained majorities in the National Assembly of South Africa &National Council of Provinces as well as in all provincial legislatures with the exception of the Western Cape. Members are elected using party-list proportional representation.
Makgabo Reginah Mhaule is a South African politician from Mpumalanga who is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Basic Education. She has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since 2018.
Kwati Candith Mashego-Dlamini is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. She served as the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from May 2019 until June 2024,and she also served as Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2014 to 2019.
The Provincial Executive Committees (PECs) of the African National Congress (ANC) are the chief executive organs of the party's nine provincial branches. Comprising the so-called “Top Five”provincial officials and up to 30 additional elected members,each is structured similarly to the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) and is elected every four years at party provincial conferences.
Dina Deliwe Pule is a South African politician who represents the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa. She has been the Deputy Secretary-General of the ANC Women's League since July 2023. Before that,she was Minister of Communications under President Jacob Zuma from October 2011 to July 2013.
The Executive Council of Mpumalanga is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of Mpumalanga. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature by the Premier of Mpumalanga,an office held since June 2024 by Mandla Ndlovu.
Sipho William Lubisi is a South African politician who served two terms as Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 1998 to 2004 and from 2009 to 2014. Between those terms,he served in the Executive Council of Mpumalanga as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health and Social Development and MEC for Economic Development and Planning (2005–2007) before he was fired by Premier Thabang Makwetla in May 2008. He was also active in the senior ranks of the Mpumalanga branch of his political party,the African National Congress (ANC).
Norah Mahlangu-Mabena is a South African politician who is currently representing the African National Congress (ANC) as a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature. She previously served in the Executive Council of Mpumalanga as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Culture,Sport and Recreation from 2014 to 2018 and MEC for Human Settlements from 2018 to 2021.
Jacob Israel Mabena is a South African politician,businessman and former trade unionist who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and Mpumalanga Executive Council until 2005,when he was fired from the Executive Council by Premier Thabang Makwetla. He is also a former president of the Chemical,Energy,Paper,Printing,Wood and Allied Workers' Union and a former provincial secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Eastern Transvaal.
Moses Siphosezwe Amos Masango is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2014 to 2019,during which time he chaired the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation. Before that,he served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and also sat on the Mpumalanga Executive Council.
Jabulani Lukas Mahlangu is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and both houses of the South African Parliament from 1994 to 2019. He also served on the Mpumalanga Executive Council from 2004 to 2010 under Premiers Thabang Makwetla and David Mabuza. Most recently,Mahlangu chaired the National Assembly's Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services until the 2019 general election,in which he did not seek re-election.
Elsie Mmathulare "Busi" Coleman is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2009 to 2019. Before that,she served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2009,including as a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) from 1999 to 2009. She served in Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu's government as MEC for Social Services from 1999 to 2003 and as MEC for Health from 2003 to 2004,and then in Premier Thabang Makwetla's government as MEC for Finance from 2004 to 2008 and as MEC for Education from 2008 to 2009.
Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu was a South African politician and Ndebele prince of the Ndzundza royal family. He served as the last Chief Minister of the KwaNdebele bantustan between May 1990 and April 1994 and founded the bantustan's Intando Yesizwe party in 1990. Currently there is a school in Mogononong named after him Prince S.J Combined School
Nyambeni Wilson Mudau is a South African politician from Mpumalanga. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2004. Before that,he served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature and National Council of Provinces.
Lekota Lazarus "Lassy" Chiwayo is a South African politician,diplomat,and businessman from Mpumalanga. He was Mayor of Mbombela from 2008 until 2011,when he joined the diplomatic service.
