Joy Matshoge

Joy Matshoge
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Agriculture and Rural Development
PremierStan Mathabatha
Preceded byRosina Semenya (for Agriculture)
Succeeded byMapula Mokaba-Phukwana
Personal details
Born1959 or 1960
Died(2016-06-25)25 June 2016 (aged 56)
Limpopo, South Africa
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Bertha Amanda Joyce Matshoge (1959/1960 – 25 June 2016), commonly known as Joy Matshoge, was a South African politician who served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture and Rural Development from May 2014 until her death in June 2016. Before that, from 2013 to 2014, she was the Deputy Speaker of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, where she had represented the African National Congress (ANC) since 2008. At the time of her death, she was also the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC Women's League in Limpopo, a position to which she had been elected in September 2015.