Mapula Annah Mokaba-Phukwana is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2014.
12 Facts About Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana
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Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana formerly served as a Member of the Executive Council in Limpopo from 2014 to 2019, during the first full term of Premier Stan Mathabatha.
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Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana 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.
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Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana was elected to four-year terms on the Limpopo ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in 2018 and 2022.
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Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana was appointed to the Limpopo Executive Council by Premier Mathabatha, who made her MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison.
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The Public Protector published the report of her investigation in March 2017 and found that Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana had exceeded her legal powers by personally awarding a state forensics contract in 2014.
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Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana held that office until October 2017, when, in a further reshuffle, Mathabatha moved her to the Social Development portfolio.
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At a party elective conference in June 2018, Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana was elected to a four-year term on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Limpopo branch.
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Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana was re-elected to her legislative seat in the 2019 general election, ranked 16th on the ANC's party list.
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Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana remained an ordinary Member of the Provincial Legislature and was re-elected to the ANC Provincial Executive Committee in June 2022.
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Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana is the sister of ANC stalwart Peter Mokaba, who died in 2002; their mother, Priscilla, died in 2013.
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Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana is married to Zwelakhe Phukwana, a public servant.