Makoma Grace Makhurupetje is a South African politician who has represented the

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(ANC) in the

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since 2014. She formerly served as

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(MEC) for Transport and Community Safety from 2017 to 2019 and as MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs from 2014 to 2017. From 2014 to 2018, she was the Deputy Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Limpopo branch.

Life and career

At a party elective conference in February 2014, Makhurupetje was elected to a four-year term as Deputy Provincial Secretary of the ANC's Limpopo branch, serving under Provincial Secretary Nocks Seabi and Provincial Chairperson

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. Shortly afterwards, she appeared on the ANC's provincial

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in the 2014 general election, ranked 15th, and she was elected to a seat in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. In the same election, Mathabatha was elected to his first full term as

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and he appointed Makhurupetje to the

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as MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs. In October 2017, Mathabatha announced a reshuffle in which Makhurupetje was moved to the less influential Transport and Community Safety portfolio. The provincial

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and other critics of Mathabatha linked Makhurupetje's demotion to her support for

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ahead of the ANC's 54th National Conference; while Makhurupetje and Nocks Seabi were viewed as key supporters of Dlamini-Zuma's campaign to become ANC President, Mathabatha supported the opposing candidate,

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. Ramaphosa prevailed and, at the provincial party's next elective conference in June 2018, Makhurupetje unexpectedly did not stand for re-election as ANC Deputy Provincial Secretary. However, she was elected as an ordinary member of the Limpopo ANC's Provincial Executive Committee. She remained in her position as MEC for Transport and Community Safety until the 2019 general election. In the election, she was re-elected to her legislative seat, ranked 20th on the ANC's list, but Mathabatha dropped her from his second-term Executive Council. In 2022, she was re-elected to the ANC Provincial Executive Committee; by popularity, she was ranked second of the 30 candidates elected, with only

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receiving more votes than her.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Makhurupetje, Makoma Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature African National Congress politicians