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Theme “2010 a year of action”

Honourable Speaker;
Deputy Speaker;
Members of the Legislature and National Council of Provinces (NCOP);
Members of the Executive Council;
Members of the diplomatic corps;
Judge President of the North and South Gauteng Justice Bernard Ngoepe;
Executive mayors and mayors of local municipalities;
Commissioner of Police;
Director-General and heads of departments;
Leaders of opposition parties;
Chairperson of the House of Traditional Leaders;
Our esteemed Majesties and Royal Highnesses;
Former MPs and MPLs;
Provincial Secretary of the ANC Cde Joe Maswanganyi;
Stalwarts and veterans of our struggle;
Leaders of Chapter Nine and Ten Institutions;
Leadership of various religious formations;
Leadership of business and labour;
Youth, women, community leaders and media representatives;
Distinguished guests;
Comrades, ladies and gentlemen

On the 2nd of February 1990, 20 years back, history was made in South Africa, the African Continent and the world over, when the African National Congress and all other political parties were unbanned. The moment that will remain in our memories and in the positive pages of history is when President Nelson Mandela walked out of the prison gates on the 11th of February 1990, in what is correctly captured as the major turning point of history in our struggle for freedom, democracy and equality for all.

History will judge us harshly if we forget that this year also marks the 20th anniversary of the return of the African National Congress President General Oliver Reginald Tambo after having spent more than three decades in exile waging and leading a guerrilla warfare and diplomatic offensive against the oppressive system. All these events occurred as a result of the epic fight and the resistance th

Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza,
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane,
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile,
Chief Justice Mandisa Maya and Judges President,
Former President Thabo Mbeki,
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe,
Former Deputy President David Mabuza,
Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete,
Former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Lechesa Tsenoli, 
Former Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Mr Amos Masondo,
Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Mr Geordin Hill-Lewis, 
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Regional Deans and Heads of Missions
Members of Parliament,
Fellow South Africans, 

We gather here as our country is mourning the tragic and devastating loss of 14 South African soldiers who were part of a mission to bring peace to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

We bow our heads in tribute to:

Staff Sergeant William Eddie Cola
Staff Sergeant Molahlehi Ishmael Molahlehi
Staff Sergeant Shwahlane Theophilus Seepe
Corporal Matome Justice Malesa
Corporal Rinae Nemavhulani
Lance Bombardier Itumeleng Macdonald Moreo
Lance Corporal Tseke Moffat Molapo
Lance Corporal Metse Stansly Raswiswi
Rifleman Sebatane Richard Chokoe
Rifleman Derrick Maluleke
Rifleman Tshidiso Andries Mabele
Rifleman Calvin Louis Moagi
Rifleman Mokete Joseph Mobe
Private Peter Jacobus Strydom

Alongside soldiers from other Southern African countries, they lost their lives in defence of the fundamental right of the Congolese people to live in peace and security. 

They lost their lives not in the pursuit of resources or territory or power.

They lost their lives so that the guns on our continent may be forever silenced.

We salute our gallant soldiers.

My Fellow South Africans, 

This State of the Nation Address is taking place as we celebrate 70 years since the adoption of the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People

Provincial government in South Africa

The Executive Council of Limpopo is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of Limpopo. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature by the Premier of Limpopo, an office held since June 2023 by Phophi Ramathuba.

Mathale premiership: 2009–2013

Cassel Mathale was elected to his first full term as Premier in the 2009 general election and on 6 May 2009 announced his new Executive Council, in which seven of ten MECs were new to the provincial cabinet. In August 2009, Public Works MEC Pandelani Ramagoma died and was replaced by George Phadagi. However, Phadagi and others were moved to new portfolios on 28 January 2011, when a cabinet reshuffle was announced. A subsequent reshuffle was announced on 13 March 2012 and saw four ministers exit the Executive Council: Phadagi, Dikeledi Magadzi, and Joyce Mashamba were fired, while Soviet Lekganyane resigned pursuant to his election as Provincial Secretary of the Limpopo ANC.

Mathabatha premiership

First term: 2013–2014

Stan Mathabatha was elected Premier in July 2013 after the ANC asked Mathale resign. On 19 July 2013, he announced the composition of his first Executive Council, firing eight of Mathale's ten MECs; only Dickson Masemola and Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba retained their spots in the cabinet, although they were moved to new portfolios.

Second term: 2014–2019

In the 2014 general election, Mathabatha was elected to a full term as Premier and announced his new Executive Council, which disbanded the former roads and transport portfolio, merging roads with safety and liaison and roads with public works. On 27 May 2015, he announced a reshuffle affecting only three portfolios (education, health, and treasury); a vacancy had arisen aft

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Members of the executive council here present
Mayors and executive mayors
Members of provincial legislature and members of parliament
Speakers and councillors
Traditional leaders
The leadership of women in the province
Stalwarts and veterans of our liberation struggle
Distinguished guests
Women of Limpopo

53 years ago today, on 9 August 1956, history was made in South Africa. The country and the international community witnessed what was never seen in the history of mankind. More than twenty thousand brave women marched to the then apartheid Pretoria in protest against the pass law. 9 August came to be celebrated as an international day of women, and one of the days to further the offensive against the apartheid regime.

After the 27 April 1994 democratic breakthrough, the government under the leadership of African National Congress declared the day a public holiday. When emphasising the fact that 9 August is a national holiday, President Nelson Mandela said: “We have declared this day a national holiday. This is in celebration of the struggles of the women over the decades and a rejuvenation of our commitment to strive for a society free of all kinds of discrimination, more especially discrimination against women”

The month of August is preciously reserved for the celebration and commemoration of the struggle of women for a free, non-racial and non-sexist democratic South Africa. This year the people of Limpopo province join other South Africans to celebrate the Women’s Day under the theme ‘Together Empowering Women for Development and Gender Equality’.

We have converged here, in Marble Hall, to honour and salute the heroic courage of comrade Charlotte Maxeke, who in 1918 led the formation of the Bantu Women’ League, the predecessor of the African National Congress Women’s League. Charlotte Maxeke is a child of this provin