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The Premier of North West is the head of government of the North West province of South Africa. The current Premier of the North West is Lazzy Mokgosi,a member of the African National Congress,who was elected premier in June 2024,following the 2024 general election.
The North West Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of North West. It is unicameral in its composition,and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the members of the leading party or coalition in the parliament.
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Mmoloki Saviour Cwaile is a South African politician who served as the North West MEC for Cooperative Governance,Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs from November 2020 to August 2021. A member of the African National Congress,he has been a Member of the North West Provincial Legislature since February 2019. Cwaile had previously served as the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Premier,Finance,Cooperative Governance,Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs in the legislature.
Matshidiso Mathews Botswe is a South African politician who has been the provincial chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters since his election in September 2018. He has been serving as a Member of the North West Provincial Legislature since May 2019. Prior to serving in the legislature,he was a councillor in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality.
Leonard Jones Basson is a South African politician,a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Democratic Alliance and the DA's provincial leader in the North West. Before being elected unopposed to this position on 21 November 2020,Basson had served as the deputy provincial leader from 2017 to 2020. He has held various posts in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of South Africa. He served as the Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation between 2014 and 2017,as the Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation from 2017 to 2019,and as the Shadow Minister of Human Settlements,Water and Sanitation from 2019 to 2020. Basson has been the Shadow Minister of Water &Sanitation since 2020.
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Sebonta Desbo Mohono is a South African politician who is currently serving as the speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature. Since 2009,she has served continuously in the North West Provincial Legislature and the Executive Council of the North West,including as MEC for Tourism from 2014 to 2018 and as the MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development from December 2018 until May 2024.
Lazarus "Lazzy" Mokgosi is a South African politician who has been the eighth Premier of the North West since June 2024 and a Member of the North West Provincial Legislature since December 2022. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and in August 2022 was elected to a four-year term as Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the party's North West branch.
Tebogo Josephine Mokwele is a South African politician who served in the National Assembly of South Africa from May to August 2019 as a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters party. Prior to serving in the National Assembly,Mokwele had been a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the North West from 2014 to 2019.
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- ↑ "Botswe receives nod to serve second term as EFF chair in North West". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ↑ OFM. "North West EFF elect new leadership". OFM. Retrieved 2023-02-08.