Sam Mashinini

Sam Mashinini
MPL
Free State MEC for Police, Roads & Transport
In office
4 October 2016 – 1 October 2021
PremierSisi Ntombela
Ace Magashule
Preceded byButana Komphela
Succeeded byWilliam Bulwane
Free State MEC for Economic and Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs
In office
6 May 2015 – 4 October 2016
PremierAce Magashule
Preceded byMosebenzi Zwane
Succeeded byBenny Malakoane
Free State MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure
In office
29 May 2014 – 6 May 2015
Preceded bySisi Mabe
Succeeded byDorah Coetzee
Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
21 May 2014
Personal details
Born
Malambule Samuel Mashinini

(1959-11-22) 22 November 1959 (age 65)
Proefplaas Farm, Union of South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ProfessionPolitician

Malambule Samuel Mashinini (born 22 November 1959) is a South African politician and trade union leader who has been a member of the Free State Provincial Legislature since 2014. A member of the African National Congress, he was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature in May 2014. He was then appointed as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. A year later, he became the MEC for Economic and Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs. Mashinini was appointed MEC for Police, Roads & Transport in October 2016. He was dismissed in October 2021.