Pinky Mokoto

Pinky Mokoto
Member of the National Assembly
In office
21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019
ConstituencyNorth West
In office
23 April 2004 – 13 April 2009
ConstituencyNorth West
Mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema
In office
September 2009 – May 2011
Preceded byThemba Ngwabeni
Succeeded byPhaladi Saku
Personal details
Born (1973-02-25) 25 February 1973 (age 51)
Mafikeng, Transvaal
South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Nthibane Rebecca "Pinky" Mokoto (born 25 February 1973) is a South African politician from the North West. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly for two non-consecutive terms from 2004 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2019. In the interim, she was Mayor of the North West's Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality from 2009 to 2011.

Mokoto was a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee from 2007 to 2012. She had formerly been a member of the national executive of the ANC Youth League.

Early life and career

Mokoto was born on 25 February 1973[1] in Mafikeng in the former Western Transvaal, where she grew up.[2] She worked for the North West branch of the African National Congress (ANC) as provincial media liaison officer from 1997 to 2004.[3] During that time she was also an active member of the party, serving on the National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League and the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC Women's League. She was also elected to a term as secretary of the mainstream ANC's branch in Tlhabologa, North West.[3]

Career in government

National Assembly: 2004–2009

In the 2004 general election, Mokoto was elected to represent the ANC in the North West constituency in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament.[1] In 2005, she was one of two MPs appointed to join the South African observer delegation to the 2005 Palestinian presidential election.[4] She left the National Assembly on 13 April 2009 and focused briefly on managing her business interests.[5]

Mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema: 2009-2011

On 2 September 2009, Mokoto was elected as Executive Mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West. She succeeded Themba Ngwabeni, who had been sacked amid service delivery protests and financial problems; the latter had also led the provincial government to place the municipality under administration.[2] Mokoto served less than two years in the mayoral office; she was replaced by Phaladi Saku after the 2011 local elections.[6]

At the ANC's 53rd National Conference in December 2012, Mokoto was elected to a five-year term as a member of the party's National Executive Committee, its 80-member executive organ. She received 1,644 votes from among the 4,500 voting delegates.[7]

Return to Parliament: 2014–2019

In the 2014 general election, Mokoto was elected to return to the National Assembly. She was ranked second on the ANC's regional party list for the North West.[3] In addition, the ANC appointed her as its whip in the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education,[8] a position which she held throughout the 26th Parliament.[3][9] She left Parliament at the 2019 general election.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "New Mayor appointed to Ngaka Modiri Molema". South African Government News Agency. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Nthibane Rebecca Mokoto". People's Assembly. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. ^ "SA sends observers to Palestinian election race". The Mail & Guardian. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Juju and premier linked to waste deal". The Mail & Guardian. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Double salaried mayor sacked". News24. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Full ANC NEC list". News24. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  8. ^ "This is who'll chair parliamentary committees – ANC". Politicsweb. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Row flares up over plan to close more than 3200 schools". City Press. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2023.