Saliva Molapisi

Saliva Molapisi
MPL
Member of the North West Executive Council for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 June 2024
PremierLazarus Mokgosi
Preceded byNono Maloyi
Member of the North West Executive Council for Public Works and Roads
In office
December 2018 – 14 June 2024
Premier
Preceded byJohanna Maluleke
Succeeded byElizabeth Mokua
Member of the North West Executive Council for Community Safety and Transport Management
In office
May 2014 – May 2016
PremierSupra Mahumapelo
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMpho Motlhabane
Personal details
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Gaoage Oageng Saliva Molapisi, sometimes also known as Oagile Saliva Molapisi, is a South African politician who is currently serving as the North West's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs since June 2024. He previously served as MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management from 2014 to 2016, before spending two years as an ordinary Member of the North West Provincial Legislature from 2016 to 2018. In December 2018, he returned to the Executive Council as the MEC for Public Works and Roads He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC).

Molapisi is from the region that, in the post-apartheid era, became the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality.[1] He was first appointed to the North West Executive Council after the May 2014 general election, in which he was ranked 22nd on the ANC's party list;[2] newly elected Premier Supra Mahumapelo appointed him MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management.[3] However, less than two years later, on 8 May 2016, Mahumapelo fired him.[4] He remained an ordinary Member of the North West Provincial Legislature.[2][4]

He returned to the Executive Council under Mahumapelo's successor, Job Mokgoro, who appointed him MEC for Department of Public Works and Roads in a reshuffle announced on 6 December 2018.[5][6] After the 2019 general election, in which Molapisi was ranked 19th on the ANC's party list,[2] Mokgoro reappointed him to the same portfolio in his new Executive Council.[1][7] In August 2022, Molapisi was elected to the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's branch in the North West.[8]

Following the 2024 general election, Molapisi became the MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs in newly elected premier Lazarus Mokgosi's Executive Council.[9]

  1. ^ a b Stone, Setumo (28 May 2019). "Supra allies out as Mokgoro makes sweeping changes in North West". City Press. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Gaoage Oageng Molapisi". People's Assembly. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ^ "The new North West cabinet – Supra Mahumapelo". Politicsweb. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "North West cabinet reshuffle sees four new members". Business Day. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ^ "North West cabinet reshuffle to improve governance". South African Government News Agency. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ "North West premier fires four MECs and recycles cabinet". Sowetan. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Premier Job Mokgoro on announcement new North West Provincial Executive Council". South African Government. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  8. ^ Ndaba, Baldwin (29 August 2022). "Paul Mashatile's bid for ANC deputy presidency gets major boost in North West". IOL. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  9. ^ "PREMIER MOKGOSI ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE 7TH ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. – North West Provincial Government". 20 June 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.