Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana

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.

Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana
MPL
Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
21 May 2014
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Social Development
In office
October 2017 – May 2019
PremierStan Mathabatha
Preceded byJoyce Mashamba
Succeeded byNkakareng Rakgoale
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
September 2016 – October 2017
PremierStan Mathabatha
Preceded byJoy Matshoge
Succeeded byJoyce Mashamba
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Transport, Safety and Liaison
In office
May 2014 – September 2016
PremierStan Mathabatha
Preceded by
Succeeded byNandi Ndalane
Personal details
Born
Mapula Annah Mokaba
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
SpouseZwelakhe Phukwana
RelationsPeter Mokaba (brother)

Career in provincial government

In the 2014 general election, Mokaba-Phukwana was elected to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, ranked 16th on the ANC's provincial party list.[1] She was appointed to the Limpopo Executive Council by Premier Mathabatha, who made her MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison.[2] While she was in this portfolio, in 2015, the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters lodged a formal complaint against her with the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, alleging that she had been involved in procurement irregularities. The Public Protector published the report of her investigation in March 2017 and found that Mokaba-Phukwana had exceeded her legal powers by personally awarding a state forensics contract in 2014.[3] She dismissed Mokaba-Phukwana's argument that she had been obliged to award the contract because many senior department officials – who did have the legal authority to award contracts – were implicated in corruption, and she concluded that Mokaba-Phukwana's action "amounts to abuse of public authority".[3]

By the time of the report's publication, Mokaba-Phukwana had become MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, a position to which she was appointed in a September 2016 reshuffle by Mathabatha.[4] She held that office until October 2017, when, in a further reshuffle, Mathabatha moved her to the Social Development portfolio. The move was viewed as a demotion and City Press suggested that it was linked to Mokaba-Phukwana's support for incumbent ANC President Jacob Zuma against Mathabatha's ally Cyril Ramaphosa.[5]

At a party elective conference in June 2018, Mokaba-Phukwana was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Limpopo branch.[6] She was also re-elected to her legislative seat in the 2019 general election, ranked 16th on the ANC's party list.[1] However, in the aftermath of the election, Mathabatha dropped Mokaba-Phukwana from his second-term Executive Council.[7] She remained an ordinary Member of the Provincial Legislature[1] and was re-elected to the ANC Provincial Executive Committee in June 2022.[8]

Personal life

Mokaba-Phukwana is the sister of ANC stalwart Peter Mokaba, who died in 2002;[9][2] their mother, Priscilla, died in 2013.[10] She is married to Zwelakhe Phukwana, a public servant.[11]

References
  1. "Mapula Annah Mokaba-Phukwana". People's Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. "Limpopo's Dickson Masemola runs out of lives". News24. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. "MEC wrong to award a tender". Sowetan. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. "Limpopo cabinet reshuffled". eNCA. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  5. Dube, Mpho (27 October 2017). "Mathabatha angers Zuma's supporters over Limpopo cabinet reshuffle". City Press. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. "Additionals on ANC's new provincial executive announced". Polokwane Observer. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. "Lim's new look cabinet". Polokwane Observer. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  8. Import, Pongrass (10 June 2022). "Smooth sailing at ANC Limpopo's 10th elective conference". Review. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. "Peter Mokaba se suster n LUR in Limpopo". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 21 May 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  10. "Peter Mokaba's mother dies at 76". The Mail & Guardian. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  11. Maphumulo, Solly (19 June 2016). "MEC's husband on fraud charges". IOL. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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