Joe Maswanganyi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 31 March 2017 – 26 February 2018 | |
| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Deputy | Sindisiwe Chikunga |
| Preceded by | Dipuo Peters |
| Succeeded by | Blade Nzimande |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 27 May 2015 | |
| Provincial Secretary of the Limpopo African National Congress | |
| In office July 2008 – December 2011 | |
| Deputy | Pinky Kekana |
| Chairperson | Cassel Mathale |
| Preceded by | Cassel Mathale |
| Succeeded by | Soviet Lekganyane |
| Deputy President of the African National Congress Youth League | |
| In office March 1998 – April 2001 | |
| President | Malusi Gigaba |
| Succeeded by | Rubben Mohlaloga |
| Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 1997–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mkhacani Joseph Maswanganyi 14 April 1966 Giyani, Transvaal South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa University of the Free State University of Venda |
Mkhacani Joseph Maswanganyi (born 14 April 1966) is a South African politician from Limpopo Province. He represents the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly, where he is the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance. He was formerly the Minister of Transport from March 2017 to February 2018.
A teacher by training, Maswanganyi served in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature before he joined the National Assembly in May 2015. He was a Member of the Limpopo Executive Council under Premiers Ngoako Ramatlhodi and Sello Moloto. On 31 March 2017, after two years as a backbencher, Maswaganyi was promoted to Minister of Transport in the second cabinet of President Jacob Zuma. Zuma's successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, sacked him from the cabinet in February 2018, whereafter he chaired the Portfolio Committee on Transport until he was elected to his current committee chairmanship after the 2019 general election.
During his tenure in the provincial legislature, Maswanganyi was the Deputy President of the ANC Youth League from 1998 to 2001 under league president Malusi Gigaba. After that, he was a member of the ANC Provincial Executive Committee in Limpopo, where he served as ANC Provincial Secretary from July 2008 to December 2011. He has been a member of the ANC National Executive Committee since December 2017.