Executive Council of Limpopo

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 June 2023 by Phophi Ramathuba.

Mathale premiership: 2009–2013 Cassel Mathale was elected to his first full term as Premier in the 2009 general election and on 6 May 2009 announced his new Executive Council, in which seven of ten MECs were new to the provincial cabinet. In August 2009, Public Works MEC Pandelani Ramagoma died and was replaced by George Phadagi. However, Phadagi and others were moved to new portfolios on 28 January 2011, when a cabinet reshuffle was announced. A subsequent reshuffle was announced on 13 March 2012 and saw four ministers exit the Executive Council: Phadagi, Dikeledi Magadzi, and Joyce Mashamba were fired, while Soviet Lekganyane resigned pursuant to his election as Provincial Secretary of the Limpopo ANC. +Limpopo Executive Council 2009–2013PostMemberTermPartyPremier of LimpopoCassel Mathale20092013ANCMEC for TreasuryDavid Masondo20112013ANCSaad Cachalia20092011ANCMEC for Health and Social DevelopmentNorman Mabasa20122013ANCDikeledi Magadzi20112012ANCMiriam Segabutla20092011ANCMEC for EducationDickson Masemola20092013ANCMEC for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and TourismPinky Kekana20122013ANCPitsi Moloto20092012ANCMEC for AgricultureJacob Marule20122013ANCDipuo Letsatsi-Duba20092012ANCMEC for Safety and SecurityFlorence Dzombere20122013ANCGeorge Phadagi20112012ANCDikeledi Magadzi20092011ANCMEC for Public WorksThabitha Mohlala20112013ANCGeorge Phadagi20092011ANCPandelani Ramagoma20092009ANCMEC for Roads and TransportPitsi Moloto20122013ANCPinky Kekana20092012ANCMEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional AffairsClifford Motsepe20122013ANCMEC for Local Government and HousingSoviet Lekganyane20092012ANCMEC for Sports, Arts and CultureDipuo Letsatsi-Duba20122013ANCJoyce Mashamba20092012ANC

Mathabatha premiership

First term: 2013–2014 Stan Mathabatha was elected Premier in July 2013 after the ANC asked Mathale resign. On 19 July 2013, he announced the composition of his first Executive Council, firing eight of Mathale's ten MECs; only Dickson Masemola and Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba retained their spots in the cabinet, although they were moved to new portfolios. +Limpopo Executive Council 2013–2014PostMemberTermPartyPremier of LimpopoStan Mathabatha20132014ANCMEC for TreasuryRudolph Phala20132014ANCMEC for HealthDipuo Letsatsi-Duba20132014ANCMEC for EducationDikeledi Magadzi20132014ANCMEC for Economic DevelopmentSeaparo Sekoati20132014ANCMEC for AgricultureRosina Semenya20132014ANCMEC for Human SettlementsIshmael Kgetjepe20132014ANCMEC for Roads and TransportLehlogonolo Masoga20132014ANCMEC for Public WorksDickson Masemola20132014ANCMEC for Safety and SecurityJoyce Mashamba20132014ANCMEC for Sports, Arts and CultureMirriam Ramadwa20132014ANC

Second term: 2014–2019 In the 2014 general election, Mathabatha was elected to a full term as Premier and announced his new Executive Council, which disbanded the former roads and transport portfolio, merging roads with safety and liaison and roads with public works. On 27 May 2015, he announced a reshuffle affecting only three portfolios (education, health, and treasury); a vacancy had arisen after the death of Education MEC Thembisile Nwedamutswu in January 2015, and Rudolph Phala was the only MEC to be fired. Another three-portfolio reshuffle was announced on 15 September 2016, two months after the death of Agriculture MEC Joy Matshoge.

Mathabatha effected a more comprehensive reshuffle in October 2017 ahead of the ANC's 54th National Conference; his critics, including in the provincial ANC Youth League, labelled the reshuffle a purge of supporters of national President Jacob Zuma because it entailed demotions for Zuma loyalists, such as Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana and Makoma Makhurupetje. Finally, in July 2018, Mathabatha made two appointments to fill vacancies created by the death of Agriculture MEC Joyce Mashamba and the resignation of Sports, Arts and Culture MEC Onicca Moloi. +Limpopo Executive Council 2014–2019PostMemberTermPartyPremier of LimpopoStan Mathabatha20142019ANCMEC for TreasuryRob Tooley20152019ANCRudolph Phala20142015ANCMEC for HealthPhophi Ramathuba20152019ANCIshmael Kgetjepe20142015ANCMEC for EducationIshmael Kgetjepe20152019ANCThembisile Nwedamutswu20142015ANCMEC for Economic DevelopmentSeaparo Sekoati20142019ANCMEC for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentBasikopo Makamu20182019ANCJoyce Mashamba20172018ANCMapula Mokaba-Phukwana20162017ANCJoy Matshoge20142016ANCMEC for Public Works, Roads and InfrastructureNandi Ndalane20172019ANCJerry Ndou20142017ANCMEC for Transport, Safety and LiaisonMakoma Makhurupetje20172019ANCNandi Ndalane20162017ANCMapula Mokaba-Phukwana20142016ANCMEC for Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional AffairsJerry Ndou20172019ANCMakoma Makhurupetje20142017ANCMEC for Social Development and WelfareMapula Mokaba-Phukwana20172019ANCJoyce Mashamba20142017ANCMEC for Sports, Arts and CultureThandi Moraka20182019ANCOnicca Moloi20162018ANCNandi Ndalane20142016ANC

Third term: 2019–2024

On 22 May 2019, shortly after he was re-elected in the 2019 general election, Premier Mathabatha announced his new Executive Council, with wide-ranging changes from the cabinet installed in his previous term. On 23 March 2020, he announced his first second-term reshuffle, a minor reshuffle affecting two departments in which one MEC, Monicca Mochadi, was fired.

In June 2022, Mathabatha was re-elected to a third term as ANC Provincial Chairperson in a hotly contested party elective conference. Although he said after the conference that internal party competition would not lead him to reshuffle his executive, he announced a reshuffle at the end of the same month. In the reshuffle, Public Works MEC Dickson Masemola swapped portfolios with Social Development MEC Nkakareng Rakgoale, while Education MEC Polly Boshielo swapped portfolios with Community Safety MEC Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya. This was perceived as a demotion for Masemola and Boshielo and was linked to the ANC elective conference, at which Masemola had run against Mathabatha. Then, in October 2022, Mathabatha announced a wider-ranging reshuffle, affecting five departments, in which he fired Masemola and Boshielo outright; he also sacked the MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture, Thandi Moraka, who, like Masemola and Boshielo, had failed to gain re-election to the ANC Provincial Executive Committee at the party conference in June. +Limpopo Executive Council 2019–2022PostMemberTermPartyPremier of LimpopoStan Mathabatha20192024ANCMEC for TreasurySeaparo Sekoati20192024ANCMEC for HealthPhophi Ramathuba20192024ANCMEC for EducationMavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya20222024ANCPolly Boshielo20192022ANCMEC for Economic Development, Environment and TourismRodgers Monama20222024ANCThabo Mokone20192022ANCMEC for Transport and Community SafetyFlorence Radzilani20222024ANCPolly Boshielo20222022ANCMavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya20202022ANCDickson Masemola20192020ANCMEC for Public Works, Roads and InfrastructureNkakareng Rakgoale20222024ANCDickson Masemola20202022ANCMonicca Mochadi20192020ANCMEC for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentThabo Mokone20222024ANCNandi Ndalane20192022ANCMEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional AffairsBasikopo Makamu20192024ANCMEC for Sports, Arts and CultureNakedi Sibanda-Kekana20222024ANCThandi Moraka20192022ANCMEC for Social DevelopmentNandi Ndalane20222024ANCDickson Masemola20222022ANCNkakareng Rakgoale20192022ANC

Ramathuba premiership: 2024–present Following the 2024 general election, the MEC for Health, Phophi Ramathuba, was elected to succeed Mathabatha as Premier of Limpopo. She named her executive council on 18 June 2024 and the new MECs were sworn in two days later on 20 June. +Limpopo Executive Council 2024–presentPostMemberTermPartyPremier of LimpopoPhophi Ramathuba2024IncumbentANCMEC for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentNakedi Sibanda-Kekana2024IncumbentANCMEC for Economic Development, Environment and TourismTshitereke Matibe2024IncumbentANCMEC for EducationMavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya2024IncumbentANCMEC for HealthDieketseng Masesi Mashego2024IncumbentANCMEC for Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional AffairsBasikopo Makamu2024IncumbentANCMEC for Public Works, Roads and InfrastructureSebataolo Rachoene2024IncumbentANCMEC for Sport, Arts & CultureJerry Maseko2024IncumbentANCMEC for Transport and Community SafetyViolet Mathye2024IncumbentANCMEC for Social DevelopmentFlorence Radzilani2024IncumbentANCMEC for Provincial TreasuryKgabo Mahoai2024IncumbentANC

See also

Template: Limpopo Executive Council Government of South Africa Constitution of South Africa

References