The Limpopo Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Limpopo.
The Premier of Limpopo is the head of government of Limpopo province of South Africa. The current Premier of Limpopo is Stanley Mathabatha,a member of the African National Congress,who was elected in July 2013. He took office on 18 July 2013.
Mathume Joseph Phaahla is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Health since August 2021. He was formerly the Deputy Minister of Health from May 2014 to August 2021. He had been a deputy minister since May 2009,when he joined the National Assembly. He is also a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
Mavhungu Maureen Lerule-Ramakhanya is a South African politician. A member of the African National Congress,Lerule-Ramakhanya is a former mayor of the Vhembe District Municipality. She was elected as a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature in May 2019. She was then elected as the speaker of the legislature. In March 2020,Lerule-Ramakhanya was appointed as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Transport and Community Safety. She was moved to the Education portfolio of the executive council in June 2022.
Thabo Andrew Mokone is a South African politician and businessman. As a member of the African National Congress,he was elected to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature in 2019. He was appointed Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Economic Development,Environment and Tourism shortly after his election. In October 2022,Mokone became MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development.
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.
Fulufhelo Florence Radzilani is a South African politician who is currently serving as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Transport and Community Safety in Limpopo province. She was formerly the executive mayor of Vhembe District Municipality from 2011 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2018. She resigned as mayor in December 2018 after being implicated in the corruption scandal at VBS Mutual Bank.
Happy Joyce Mashamba was a South African politician and veteran of the African National Congress (ANC). At the time of her death,she was Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture and Rural Development in the provincial government of Limpopo. She was also a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party and a former member of the ANC National Executive Committee and the ANC Women's League National Executive Committee.
The Executive Council of Limpopo is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of Limpopo. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature by the Premier of Limpopo,an office held since July 2013 by Stan Mathabatha.
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.
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 represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo 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.
Mapula Annah Mokaba-Phukwana (née Mokaba) is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2014. She formerly served as a Member of the Executive Council (MEC) in Limpopo from 2014 to 2019,during the first full term of Premier Stan Mathabatha. She was MEC for Social Development from 2017 to 2019,MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2016 to 2017,and MEC for Transport,Safety and Liaison from 2014 to 2016. She was also elected to four-year terms on the Limpopo ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in 2018 and 2022.
Bertha Amanda Joyce Matshoge,commonly known as Joy Matshoge,was a South African politician who served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture and Rural Development from May 2014 until her death in June 2016. Before that,from 2013 to 2014,she was the Deputy Speaker of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature,where she had represented the African National Congress (ANC) since 2008. At the time of her death,she was also the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC Women's League in Limpopo,a position to which she had been elected in September 2015.
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.
Sekutu Monicca Mochadi is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2019. She was Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works,Roads and Infrastructure from May 2019 to March 2020.
Maaria Ishmael Kgetjepe is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Executive Council between 2013 and 2019,most prominently as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health from 2015 to 2019. He was also MEC for Education from 2014 to 2015 and MEC for Human Settlements from 2013 to 2014.
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.
Norman Mabasa is a South African medical doctor and politician who served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health and Social Development from March 2012 until July 2013. During that time,he represented the African National Congress in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. Mabasa was the chairperson of the South African Medical Association before his appointment as MEC and he remains a general practitioner by profession.
