Ntsetsao Viola Motsumi is a South African politician. In May 2019, she was elected deputy speaker of the

North West Provincial Legislature The North West Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of North West (South Africa), North West. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the memb ...

and consequently became the youngest deputy speaker in South Africa. In November 2022, she was appointed as the Member of the Executive Council for Education in the North West province. Motsumi is a member of the

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Early life and education

Motsumi was born in the village Madibe-Makgabane. She matriculated from Mmabatho High School in 2001 and went on to study at North-West University. From the university, she holds a B.Sc. degree in physics, a postgraduate certificate in education, and a BScHons degree in microbiology. She obtained an MBA from the university in 2019. Motsumi worked as a teacher at Mmabatho High between 2008 and 2015.

Political career

In May 2019, she was elected to the North West Provincial Legislature as an

representative. She was sworn in as an MPL on 22 May. On the same day, she was elected deputy speaker, succeeding Jane Manganye. At the time, Motsumi was the youngest deputy speaker in South Africa. On 22 November 2022, premier

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conducted a reshuffle of his executive council which saw Motsumi being appointed as Member of the Executive Council for Education. She resigned as deputy speaker on 7 December 2022 and became the Education MEC, succeeding Wendy Matsemela, who resigned from the legislature.

References

External links

Ntsetsao Viola Motsumi – People's Assembly
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