The Executive Council of the North West is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of the North West. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the North West Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the North West, an office held since June 2024 by Lazarus Mokgosi of the African National Congress (ANC).
Molewa premiership: 2004–2009 Pursuant to the 2004 general election, Edna Molewa was elected Premier of the North West; she announced her Executive Council on 30 April 2004. On 23 August 2005, Molewa announced a reshuffle in which no MECs were fired but most changed positions; the reshuffle also included a reconfiguration of the provincial government's portfolios, as safety was merged with roads and transport, finance was split from economic development, and tourism was split from agriculture to merge with economic development. On 10 May 2007, Molewa announced a second reshuffle, to take effect from 1 June; it affected only three portfolios and again involved no dismissals. In July 2007, Mandlenkosi Mayisela was removed as MEC for Agriculture – a controversial decision which he contested – and was replaced in an acting capacity by Frans Vilakazi and then by Darkie Afrika. In October, Jan Serfontein was appointed as his permanent replacement. +North West Executive Council 2004–2009PositionMemberTermPartyPremier of the North WestEdna Molewa20042009ANCMEC for FinanceMaureen Modiselle20052009ANCMEC for Economic Development and TourismDarkie Afrika20052009ANCMEC for Finance and Economic DevelopmentDarkie Afrika20042005ANCMEC for HealthNomonde Rasmeni20052009ANCMandlenkosi Mayisela20042005ANCMEC for EducationJohannes Tselapedi20042009ANCMEC for Agriculture, Conservation and EnvironmentJan Serfontein20072009ANCMandlenkosi Mayisela20052007ANCMEC for Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and TourismNdleleni Duma20042005ANCMEC for Public WorksJerry Thibedi20072009ANCHoward Yawa20042007ANCMEC for Roads, Transport and SafetyFrans Vilakazi20072009ANCJerry Thibedi20052007ANCMEC for Transport and RoadsJerry Thibedi20042005ANCMEC for Safety and LiaisonMaureen Modiselle20042005ANCMEC for Local Government and HousingHoward Yawa20072009ANCFrans Vilakazi20042007ANCMEC for Social DevelopmentNikiwe Num-Mangqo20052009ANCNomonde Rasmeni20042005ANCMEC for Sports, Arts and CultureNdleleni Duma20052009ANCNikiwe Num-Mangqo20042005ANC
Modiselle premiership: 2009–2010 Maureen Modiselle took office as Premier after the 2009 general election and announced her new Executive Council on 8 May 2009, with some adjustments to the configuration of portfolios. The entire Executive Council remained in office throughout Modiselle's brief tenure in office, with one exception: on 16 August 2010, Modiselle sacked Grace Pampiri-Bothman, the MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture, "for defiance and showing disrespect and disdain" to the office of the Premier. The MEC for Finance, Louisa Mabe, took on Pampiri-Bothman's portfolio in an acting capacity. +North West Executive Council 2009–2010PositionMemberTermPartyPremier of the North WestMaureen Modiselle20092010ANCMEC for FinanceLouisa Mabe20092010ANCMEC for Health and Social DevelopmentRebecca Kasienyane20092010ANCMEC for EducationJohannes Tselapedi20092010ANCMEC for Economic Development and TourismWendy Matsemela20092010ANCMEC for Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Rural DevelopmentBoitumelo Tshwene20092010ANCMEC for Public Works, Roads and TransportMahlakeng Mahlakeng20092010ANCMEC for HousingDesbo Mohono20092010ANCMEC for Public SafetyHoward Yawa20092010ANCMEC for Local Government and Traditional AffairsGordon Kegakilwe20092010ANCMEC for Sports, Arts and CulturePosition vacantGrace Pampiri-Bothman20092010ANC
Modise premiership: 2010–2014 In November 2010, Thandi Modise was sworn in as Premier, after the ANC asked the incumbent, Maureen Modiselle, to resign; a week later, on 25 November 2010, she announced a major reshuffle of the Executive Council, firing five of Modiselle's MECs and filling an existing vacancy in the sports, arts and culture portfolio. She also reconfigured several portfolios, including by removing the social development portfolio from its earlier location in the health ministry and merging it with the new portfolio of women, children and people with disabilities. On 3 May 2012, she announced another major reshuffle, in which three MECs were fired and others changed portfolios; only two MECs were retained in the same positions (Magome Masike as MEC for Health and Mosetsanagape Mokomele-Mothibi as MEC for Social Development, Women, Children and People with Disabilities).
On 27 June 2013, Modise fired and replaced three MECs who had been implicated in misconduct: Louisa Mabe, then MEC for Education and Training, had been implicated in procurement irregularities; China Dodovu, who had been appointed MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs in 2012, was facing a conspiracy to murder charge; and Social Development MEC Mokomele-Mothibi was being investigated for abusing the privileges of her office. Modise said that none of the fired MECs had been found guilty of wrongdoing but that their removal was "aimed at faster delivery and eliminating the need for us to answer for hang-ups". +North West Executive Council 2009–2010PositionMemberTermPartyPremier of the North WestThandi Modise20102014ANCMEC for FinancePaul Sebegoe20122014ANCLouisa Mabe20102012ANCMEC for HealthMagome Masike20102014ANCMEC for Health and Social DevelopmentRebecca Kasienyane20102010ANCMEC for Education and TrainingWendy Matsemela20132014ANCLouisa Mabe20122013ANCRaymond Elisha20102012ANCJohannes Tselapedi20102010ANCMEC for Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and TourismMotlalepula Rosho20122014ANCTebogo Modise20102012ANCMEC for Economic Development and TourismWendy Matsemela20102010ANCMEC for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentDesbo Mohono20122014ANCBoitumelo Tshwene20102012ANCMEC for Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Rural DevelopmentBoitumelo Tshwene20102010ANCMEC for Public Works, Roads and TransportRaymond Elisha20122014ANCMahlakeng Mahlakeng20102012ANCMEC for Human Settlements, Safety and LiaisonNono Maloyi20122014ANCDesbo Mohono20102012ANCMEC for HousingDesbo Mohono20102010ANCMEC for Public SafetyHoward Yawa20102010ANCMEC for Local Government and Traditional AffairsManketsi Tlhape20132014ANCChina Dodovu20122013ANCPaul Sebegoe20102012ANCGordon Kegakilwe20102010ANCMEC for Social Development, Women, Children and People with DisabilitiesCollen Maine20132014ANCMosetsanagape Mokomele-Mothibi20102013ANCMEC for Sports, Arts and CultureTebogo Modise20122014ANCHlomane Chauke20102012ANC
Mahumapelo premiership: 2014–2018 Pursuant to the May 2014 general election, Supra Mahumapelo was elected Premier of the North West and announced his Executive Council. Ontlametse Mochware was appointed MEC for Social Development but resigned almost immediately due to a legal technicality; she was replaced by Fenny Gaolaolwe.
On 8 May 2016, Mahumapelo announced a reshuffle in which he sacked two MECs – Gaoage Saliva Molapisi and Wendy Matsemela – and filled two vacancies, one left by the resignation of Collen Maine after his election as ANC Youth League President in 2015, and the other left by the resignation of Tebogo Modise, who became Mayor of Ratlou Local Municipality after the 2016 local government elections. On 8 August 2017, he announced appointments to fill two further vacancies: Public Works and Roads MEC Madoda Sambatha had been sacked in June of that year amid a land sale controversy, while Social Development MEC Kgakgamatso Nkewu had died in a car accident in July 2016. +North West Executive Council 2014–2018PositionMemberTermPartyPremier of the North WestSupra Mahumapelo20142018ANCMEC for Finance and Enterprise DevelopmentWendy Nelson20142018ANCMEC for HealthMagome Masike20142018ANCMEC for Education and Sports DevelopmentSello Lehari20162018ANCWendy Matsemela20142016ANCMEC for TourismDesbo Mohono20142018ANCMEC for Rural, Environmental and Agricultural DevelopmentManketsi Tlhape20142018ANCMEC for Public Works and RoadsMmule Johanna Maluleke20172018ANCMadoda Sambatha20142017ANCMEC for Community Safety and Transport ManagementMpho Motlhabane20162018ANCGaoage Saliva Molapisi20142016ANCMEC for Local Government and Human SettlementFenny Gaolaolwe20162018ANCCollen Maine20142015ANCMEC for Social DevelopmentHoffman Galeng20172018ANCKgakgamatso Nkewu20162016ANCFenny Gaolaolwe20142016ANCOntlametse Mochware20142014ANCMEC for Culture, Arts and Traditional AffairsOntlametse Mochware20162018ANCTebogo Modise20142016ANC
Mokgoro premiership
First term: 2018–2019 Job Mokgoro was sworn in as Premier in June 2018 after Supra Mahumapelo was forced to resign; he preserved the composition of Mahumapelo's Executive Council until 6 December 2018, when he announced a reshuffle in which four MECs were fired and several others changed portfolios. +North West Executive Council 2018–2019PositionMemberTermPartyPremier of the North WestJob Mokgoro20182019ANCMEC for Finance, Economy and Enterprise DevelopmentWendy Matsemela20182019ANCWendy Nelson20182018ANCMEC for HealthMadoda Sambatha20182019ANCMagome Masike20182018ANCMEC for Education and Sports DevelopmentSello Lehari20182019ANCMEC for TourismWendy Nelson20182019ANCDesbo Mohono20182018ANCMEC for Rural, Environmental and Agricultural DevelopmentDesbo Mohono20182019ANCManketsi Tlhape20182018ANCMEC for Public Works and RoadsGaoage Saliva Molapisi20182019ANCMmule Johanna Maluleke20182018ANCMEC for Community Safety and Transport ManagementMpho Motlhabane20182019ANCMEC for Local Government and Human SettlementMotlalepula Rosho20182019ANCFenny Gaolaolwe20182018ANCMEC for Social DevelopmentFenny Gaolaolwe20182019ANCHoffman Galeng20182018ANCMEC for Culture, Arts and Traditional AffairsOntlametse Mochware20182019ANC
Second term: 2019–2021 Mokgoro was elected to his first full term as Premier in the 2019 general election and announced his new Executive Council on 28 May 2019, including reconfigurations of several portfolios. Mmoloki Cwaile was appointed MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs in November 2020 following the death of the incumbent, Gordon Kegakilwe, from COVID-19-related illness; however, Cwaile was sacked in August 2021 and replaced by Lenah Miga. +North West Executive Council 2019–2021PositionMemberTermPartyPremier of the North WestJob Mokgoro20192021ANCMEC for FinanceMotlalepula Rosho20192021ANCMEC for HealthMadoda Sambatha20192021ANCMEC for EducationWendy Matsemela20192021ANCMEC for Economic Development, Environment and TourismKenetswe Mosenogi20192021ANCMEC for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentDesbo Mohono20192021ANCMEC for Public Works and RoadsGaoage Saliva Molapisi20192021ANCMEC for Community Safety and Transport ManagementSello Lehari20192021ANCMEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional AffairsLenah Miga20212021ANCMmoloki Cwaile20202021ANCGordon Kegakilwe20192020ANCMEC for Social DevelopmentBoitumelo Moiloa20192021ANCMEC for Arts, Culture, Sports and RecreationTsotso Tlhapi20192021ANC
Maape premiership: 2021–2024 In September 2021, Bushy Maape was sworn in to replace Job Mokgoro as Premier. Maape initially preserved Mokgoro's Executive Council, but on 21 November 2022 he announced a reshuffle in which Lenah Miga was fired and replaced by Nono Maloyi, while Kenetswe Mosenogi and Tsotso Tlhapi swopped portfolios. On 7 December that year, Viola Motsumi replaced Wendy Matsemela as MEC for Education. On 11 July 2023, acting premier Nono Maloyi fired Boitumelo Moiloa as Social Development MEC and replaced her with Lazarus Mokgosi.