Paul Sebegoe

Paul Sebegoe
MPL
Member of the North West Provincial Legislature
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Member of the North West Executive Council for Finance
In office
May 2012 – May 2014
PremierThandi Modise
Preceded byLouisa Mabe
Succeeded byWendy Nelson (for Finance and Enterprise Development)
Member of the North West Executive Council for Local Government and Traditional Affairs
In office
November 2010 – May 2012
PremierThandi Modise
Preceded byGordon Kegakilwe
Succeeded byChina Dodovu
Personal details
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations		South African National Civic Organisation

Paul Sebegoe is a South African politician who is currently serving as Chief Whip of the Majority Party, the African National Congress (ANC), in the North West Provincial Legislature. He formerly served in the North West Executive Council from November 2010 to May 2014 during the tenure of Premier Thandi Modise.

Shortly after her election as Premier of the North West in November 2010, Modise announced a major cabinet reshuffle in which Sebegoe was appointed Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Local Government and Traditional Affairs.[1][2] He remained in that position until the next cabinet reshuffle, announced on 3 May 2012, in which he was appointed MEC for Finance.[3][4] In the 2014 general election, Sebegoe was ranked 28th on the ANC's party list and lost his seat in the provincial legislature and in the Executive Council.[5] During his hiatus from the legislature, he remained a member of the ANC and the allied South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO); by 2018, he was the Provincial Chairperson of SANCO in the North West.[6]

In the 2019 general election, Sebegoe returned to the North West Provincial Legislature, ranked 13th on the ANC's party list.[5] The ANC appointed him its Chief Whip in the provincial legislature.[7] In 2022, he ran unsuccessfully for election as Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the North West ANC: at the party's provincial elective conference in August, he lost narrowly to Lazzy Mokgosi, the running mate of the winning candidate for Provincial Chairperson, Nono Maloyi.[8] He received 311 votes against the 353 received by Mokgosi.[9]

  1. ^ "North West premier reshuffles provincial cabinet". The Mail & Guardian. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Cabinet reshuffle". South African Government. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ^ "North West Exco reshuffle balancing act to jerk-up service delivery". South African Government. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Major shake-up for North West cabinet". News24. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Paul Mosetlha Sebegoe". People's Assembly. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Sanco welcomes Job Mokgoro's nomination as North West Premier elect". Polity. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ^ Montsho, Molaole (21 May 2019). "ANC appoints presiding officers in North West". IOL. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ^ Stone, Setumo (15 August 2022). "Marathon ANC North West conference ends without completing business". City Press. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  9. ^ Njilo, Nonkululeko (15 August 2022). "New North West ANC chair Nono Maloyi aims for 'clean-up process' to rebuild branches". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 12 January 2023.