Soviet Lekganyane

Soviet Lekganyane
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
14 June 2024
Provincial Secretary of the African National Congress in Limpopo
In office
June 2018 – June 2022
DeputyBasikopo Makamu
ChairpersonStan Mathabatha
Preceded byNocks Seabi
Succeeded byReuben Madadzhe
In office
December 2011 – March 2013
DeputyFlorence Radzilani
ChairpersonCassel Mathale
Preceded byJoe Maswanganyi
Succeeded byNocks Seabi
Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
In office
2014–2018
In office
2009–2012
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Local Government and Housing
In office
2009–2012
PremierCassel Mathale
Preceded byMaite Nkoana-Mashabane
Succeeded byClifford Motsepe
Personal details
Born
Molapi Soviet Lekganyane

(1974-04-18) 18 April 1974 (age 50)
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations
South African Communist Party

Molapi Soviet Lekganyane (born 18 April 1974) is a South African politician from Limpopo who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since June 2024. He was elected to a five-year term on the ANC's National Executive Committee in December 2022.

Lekganyane rose to prominence as the Provincial Secretary of the South African Communist Party in Limpopo from 2008 to 2011. Thereafter he served two terms as Provincial Secretary of the ANC in Limpopo, from 2011 to 2013 under Cassel Mathale and from 2018 to 2022 under Stan Mathabatha. He also served two partial terms in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2018; during the first period, he was also the Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Local Government and Housing.