List of members of the 6th Limpopo Provincial Legislature

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6th Limpopo Provincial Legislature
5th Legislature 7th Legislature
Overview
Legislative body Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Jurisdiction Limpopo, South Africa
Term22 May 2019 – 28 May 2024
Election 8 May 2019
Members49
Speaker Rosemary Molapo
Deputy Speaker Tshitereke Matibe
Premier Stan Mathabatha

This is a list of members of the sixth Limpopo Provincial Legislature, as elected in the election of 8 May 2019 and taking into account changes in membership since the election. [1] The legislature dissolved on 28 May 2024 ahead of the 2024 general election and was succeeded by the 7th legislature.

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Current composition

PartySeats
African National Congress 38
Economic Freedom Fighters 7
Democratic Alliance 3
VF+ 1
Total49

Members

NamePartyPosition
Mokgadi Aphiri ANC Member
Polly Boshielo ANCMember
Jossey Buthane EFF Member
Nakedi Kekana ANCMember
Kedibone Lebea-Olaiya ANCMember
Nakedi Lekganyane ANCMember
Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya ANCMember
Risham Maharaj DA Member
Mahlodi Mahasela ANCMember
Basikopo Makamu ANCMember
Makoma Makhurupetje ANCMember
Lilliet Mamaregane ANCMember
Tebogo Mamorobela ANCMember
Lilian Managa EFFMember
Tinyiko Manganye EFFMember
Marcelle Maritz FF+ Member
Jacob Marule ANCMember
Jerry Maseko ANCMember
Mmabogahla Masekoameng ANCMember
Victor Mashamaite ANCMember
Stanley Mathabatha ANCMember
Simon Mathe ANCMember
Violet Mathye ANCMember
Tshitereke Matibe ANCDeputy Speaker
Joshua Matlou ANCMember
Falaza Mdaka ANCMember
Sekutu Mochadi ANCMember
Charles Mohlala EFFMember
Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana ANCMember
Essob Mokgonyana ANCMember
Thabo Mokone ANCMember
Rosemary Molapo ANCSpeaker
Rodgers Monama ANCMember
Sarah Monyamane ANCMember
Thandi Moraka ANCMember
Regina Mphahlele EFFMember
Nandi Ndalane ANCMember
Katlego Phala DAMember
Rudolph Phala ANCMember
Florence Radzilani ANCMember
Nkakareng Rakgoale ANCMember
Phophi Ramathuba ANCMember
George Raphela EFFMember
Charles Sekoati ANCMember
Donald Selamolela ANCMember
Che Selane ANCMember
Rebecca Seono ANCMember
Jetrick Seshoka EFFMember
Jacques Smalle DAMember

The ANC's Lehlogonolo Masoga resigned during the first session of the legislature and was replaced by Joshua Matlou in August 2019. [2] In January 2020, Tshitereke Matibe was sworn in as a member after Goodman Mitileni, also of the ANC, resigned to take up a party position. [3] In October 2022, Premier Stan Mathabatha announced that Jerry Ndou and Dickson Masemola would resign and take up seats in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP); their seats in the provincial legislature were filled by Tebogo Mamorobela and Lilliet Mamaregane, both formerly of the NCOP. [4] Matibe succeeded Ndou as Deputy Speaker. [4]

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Shela Paulina "Polly" Boshielo is a South African politician who has been the Limpopo MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison since June 2022. She has been a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature for the African National Congress since June 2015. She served as the speaker of the provincial legislature from October 2015 to May 2019 and as the MEC for Education from May 2019 to June 2022. Boshielo also served as a Member of the National Assembly from May 2014 to June 2015.

Masefako Clarah Dikgale is a South African politician who was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 to 2023. Prior to serving in the National Assembly, she served as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from Limpopo from 2009 to 2019. Dikgale is a member of the African National Congress.

Chritian Nkakareng Rakgoale is a South African politician. As of June 2022, she has been the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure in the Limpopo provincial government. She previously served as the MEC for Social Development from May 2019 to June 2022. Rakgoale was elected to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature in May 2019. Before that, she served as the Executive Mayor of the Mopani District Municipality. Rakgoale is a member of the African National Congress.

Namane Dickson Masemola is a South African politician who has been a Delegate to the National Council of Provinces since October 2022. Between 2009 and 2022, he was a Member of the Provincial Legislature in the Limpopo provincial government, representing the African National Congress (ANC), and held a variety of positions in the Limpopo Executive Council.

Molapi Soviet Lekganyane is a South African politician from Limpopo province. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Local Government and Housing from 2009 to 2012 under Premier Cassel Mathale. He served two terms as Provincial Secretary of the ANC in Limpopo, from 2011 to 2013 under Mathale and from 2018 to 2022 under Stan Mathabatha. He was formerly the Provincial Secretary of the South African Communist Party in Limpopo from 2008 to 2011 and in 2022 he was elected to a five-year term on the ANC's National Executive Committee.

Azwindini Jeremiah "Jerry" Ndou is a South African politician and diplomat who has served as a Delegate to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) since October 2022. Before that, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature and Limpopo Executive Council.

Rodgers Basikopo Makamu is a South African politician who is currently serving as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs in the Limpopo provincial government. He was formerly MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development between 2018 and 2019. A teacher by training and a member of the African National Congress (ANC), Makamu was elected to a second term as Deputy Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Limpopo branch in June 2022.

Seaparo Charles Sekoati, sometimes misspelled Seaparo Sekwati, is a South African politician who is currently serving in the Limpopo provincial government as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance. He has been a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2004 and was previously MEC for Health and Social Development from 2004 to 2009 and, before his appointment to his current position, MEC for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism from 2013 to 2019. From 2013 to 2017, he was also Regional Chairperson of the Mopani branch of his political party, the African National Congress.

Nakedi Sibanda-Kekana is a South African politician who is currently serving as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts and Culture in the Limpopo provincial government. She was appointed to that position in October 2022, shortly after she was elected Provincial Treasurer of the Limpopo branch of her political party, the African National Congress (ANC). She was first elected as a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature in the 2019 general election and before that was Mayor of Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality from August 2016 until December 2018, when the ANC asked her to resign during the corruption scandal at VBS Mutual Bank.

Makoma Grace Makhurupetje is a South African politician who has been the Speaker of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2024. She has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the provincial legislature since 2014. She formerly served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Transport and Community Safety from 2017 to 2019 and as MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs from 2014 to 2017. From 2014 to 2018, she was the Deputy Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Limpopo branch.

Kgolane Alfred "Rudolph" Phala is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2004. During that time, he served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Treasury from 2013 to 2015 and as Speaker of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2013.

Tshitereke Baldwin Matibe is a South African politician who served as Deputy Speaker of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature from October 2022 until June 2024. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was sworn in to the provincial legislature in January 2022 after serving in the National Council of Provinces since 2019. Before that, he was the Executive Mayor of Vhembe District Municipality from June 2012 to August 2016, and he has chaired the ANC's regional branch in Vhembe since 2012.

Mmamora Lilliet Mamaregane is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since October 2022. Before that she served in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) since 2019. She is an active member and former Provincial Secretary of the ANC Women's League in Limpopo.

Tebogo Portia Mamorobela is a South African politician who has been the Deputy Speaker of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since June 2024. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the provincial legislature since October 2022. Before that, she served a brief stint in the National Council of Provinces from February to October 2022. She was formerly a local councillor in Makhado.

Wisani Goodman Mitileni, sometimes also spelled Mtileni, is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature from 2014 to 2021. He resigned from the legislature after being elected Regional Secretary of the ANC's Mopani branch in June 2021. Less than a year later, in March 2022, he was elected as Provincial Chairperson of the Limpopo branch of the South African Communist Party (SACP).

Thabitha Mohlala is a South African politician and public servant who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature until 2014. She served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works under Premier Cassel Mathale from January 2011 until July 2013. She failed to gain re-election to the provincial legislature in the 2014 general election.

Pule Josiah Shayi is a South African politician who has served as the mayor of Mopani District Municipality since 2019. Before that, he was Mayor of Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality from 2016 to 2019. He is best known as the Regional Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Mopani region, an office he has held since 2017.

References

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