Elizabeth Cornelia "Elzabe" Rockman is a South African African National Congress politician who served as the Member of the Executive Council for Finance during the premierships of Ace Magashule and Sisi Ntombela. She was first appointed to the post in March 2013 and left office in May 2019. She was also a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature during that time. From 2010 to 2013,she was the Director-General of the Free State Provincial Government. In October 2019,she testified at the Zondo Commission.
Sarah Matawana "Olly" Mlamleli is a South African politician who served as the Mayor of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality from August 2016 until August 2020. A member of the African National Congress,she served as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance,Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements from February 2012 to August 2016. In 2020,Mlamleli was ousted as Mayor of Mangaung and arrested over a controversial asbestos contract stemming from her time with the MEC.
Skully Thembeni Nxangisa is a South African politician who has been the Free State MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development since October 2021. He served as the MEC for CoGTA from May 2019 to October 2021. He was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature in May 2019. Nxangisa is a member of the African National Congress.
Pule Herbert Isak Makgoe was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. A member of the African National Congress,he was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature in 1994. After holding multiple positions in the Executive Council of the Free State,he was appointed Member of the Executive Council for Education in May 2009,a position he would hold until his death in March 2023.
Kwekwe William Bulwane is a South African politician serving as the Free State MEC for Police,Roads and Transport since October 2021. He had previously served as the MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development. He has been a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature since May 2019. He was briefly an MPL in April 2018. Bulwane is the current deputy provincial chairperson of the African National Congress.
Makalo Petrus Mohale is a South African lawyer and African National Congress politician serving as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Free State Department of Economic,Small Business Development,Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DESTEA) since 28 May 2019. Mohale is the provincial chairperson of the African National Congress Youth League.
Gadija Brown is a South African politician and banker who is a member of the Free State Provincial Legislature for the African National Congress (ANC) and the provincial Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance.
Limakatso Patricia Mahasa is a South African politician who currently serves as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sport,Arts,Culture and Recreation in the Free State. A member of the African National Congress,she previously served as the MEC for Economic,Small Business Development,Tourism &Environmental Affairs and as the MEC for Social Development.
The 2019 Free State provincial election was held on 8 May 2019,concurrently with the 2019 South African general election,to elect the 30 members of the Free State Provincial Legislature.
Malambule Samuel Mashinini is a South African politician and trade union leader who has been a member of the Free State Provincial Legislature since 2014. A member of the African National Congress,he was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature in May 2014. He was then appointed as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. A year later,he became the MEC for Economic and Small Business Development,Tourism and Environmental Affairs. Mashinini was appointed MEC for Police,Roads &Transport in October 2016. He was dismissed in October 2021.
Madala Louis David Ntombela is a South African politician. A member of the African National Congress,he was elected as an ANC Member of the National Assembly of South Africa in 2014 and re-elected in 2019. Ntombela currently serves as House Chairperson for International Relations.
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.
The Executive Council of the Free State is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of the Free State. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Free State Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the Free State,an office held since March 2018 by Sisi Ntombela of the African National Congress (ANC).
Montseng Margaret Tsiu is a South African politician,trade unionist and nurse who is currently serving as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health in the Free State provincial government. She was appointed to that position in May 2018 shortly after she was sworn in as a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature for the African National Congress the previous month. Tsiu is the former provincial chairperson of the National Education,Health and Allied Workers' Union and the former director of nursing in the Free State government.
Mxolisi Dukwana is a South African politician who has been the 7th Premier of the Free State since his election in February 2023. Prior to his election,he served in the Free State Executive Council as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Having been appointed the convener or interim leader of the Free State branch of his political party,the African National Congress (ANC) in May 2021,he was elected as the Provincial Chairperson of the party in January 2023.
Thabo Manyoni is a South African politician who was the Mayor of Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality from 2011 to 2016. He represented his party,the African National Congress (ANC),in the Free State Executive Council from 2009 to 2011 and in the National Assembly from 2016 to 2017. He was Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the ANC's Free State branch from 2008 to 2017. He was also Chairperson of the South African Local Government Association from 2011 to 2016 and in 2019 he was appointed to a five-year term as Chairperson of South Africa's Municipal Demarcation Board.
Motshidisi Agnes Koloi,also spelled Motshidise,is a South African politician and educator who is currently serving as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works and Human Settlements in the Free State provincial government. She was appointed to that position shortly after her election to the Free State Provincial Legislature as an ANC representative in May 2019. Prior to her election to the Provincial Legislature,Koloi had served as the executive mayor of the Moqhaka Local Municipality.
Motlagomang Grazy Qabathe,commonly known as Mamiki Qabathe,is a South African politician who is currently serving in the Executive Council of the Free State as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development. Before that,she was Speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature from 2015 to 2019. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC).
Seiso Joel Mohai is a South African politician who is currently the Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). He was first elected to that position after the 2014 general election and he represents the African National Congress. He formerly served in both the National Assembly and the Free State Provincial Legislature,and he was a Member of the Free State Executive Council from 2004 to 2013.
Vusimusi William Tshabalala is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature since 2019. He was also the Majority Chief Whip in the legislature until October 2021,when he was replaced after the ANC suspended him while he faced internal disciplinary charges. He is also known for his controversial tenure in the Free State's Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality,where he was Mayor between 2013 and 2018.
