Essob Mokgonyana

Essob Mokgonyana MPL
Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019
Personal details
Citizenship	South Africa
Political party	African National Congress
Other political affiliations	Congress of South African Trade Unions

Essob Mmanoko Mokgonyana, sometimes misspelled Essop Mokgonyane, is a South African politician and trade unionist who has served as Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2019. He represents the African National Congress (ANC) in that capacity. He previously chaired the Limpopo branch of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), an ANC ally, from 2012 to 2019.

Mokgonyana gained prominence as a regional leader of COSATU and the affiliated National Union of Mineworkers^[1][2] in Limpopo province. In May 2009, he was elected Provincial Deputy Chairperson of COSATU's Limpopo branch, deputising Provincial Chairperson Ronnie Moroatshehla.^[3] At the union's next provincial elective conference in August 2012, he successfully challenged Moroatshehla in a vote and was elected COSATU Provincial Chairperson. At that time he was viewed as politically aligned to incumbent ANC President Jacob Zuma.^[4] He was re-elected unopposed to a second term in July 2015^[5] and to a third term in July 2018.^{[1][6][self-published source]}

In the 2019 general election, Mokgonyana was elected to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, ranked 17th on the ANC's provincial party list.^[7] After the election, on 11 July 2019, the legislature appointed him to succeed Falaza Mdaka as Majority Chief Whip.^[8] After his election to the legislative office, Mokgonyana vacated the COSATU chairmanship and he was succeeded in that capacity by Calvin Tshamano later in July.^[9] In June 2022, he was elected to a four-year term on the Limpopo ANC's Provincial Executive Committee.^[10]

References

1. COSATU 7th Central Committee: Secretariat Report (PDF). Johannesburg: Congress of South African Trade Unions. 2021. p. 32. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
2. "Phalaborwa Copper Mine management must come clean – NUM". Politicsweb. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
3. "Ailing Cosatu region gets boost with new leadership". Sowetan. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
4. "Zuma camp in clean sweep". Sowetan. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
5. "Cosatu Limpopo re-elects top two". Polokwane Observer. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. COSATU Today (12 July 2018). "Newly elected leadership collective in Limpopo after the provincial Congress in Bolivia Lodge are;Gerald Twala; Essob Mokgonyana; Calvin Chaamane and Phuti Matlhabe". Twitter. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
7. "Essob Mmanoko Mokgonyana". People's Assembly. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
8. "Legislature appoints chief whip, committee chairpersons". Polokwane Observer. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
9. "COSATU Limpopo PEC statement". Mediadon. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
10. Import, Pongrass (10 June 2022). "Smooth sailing at ANC Limpopo's 10th elective conference". Review. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

External links

• Mr Essob Mmanoko Mokgonyana at People's Assembly