Soviet Lekganyane | |
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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 | |
Deputy | Basikopo Makamu |
Chairperson | Stan Mathabatha |
Preceded by | Nocks Seabi |
Succeeded by | Reuben Madadzhe |
In office December 2011 – March 2013 | |
Deputy | Florence Radzilani |
Chairperson | Cassel Mathale |
Preceded by | Joe Maswanganyi |
Succeeded by | Nocks 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 | |
Premier | Cassel Mathale |
Preceded by | Maite Nkoana-Mashabane |
Succeeded by | Clifford Motsepe |
Personal details | |
Born | Molapi Soviet Lekganyane 18 April 1974 |
Political party | African 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.