Pitsi Paul Moloto is a South African politician and businessman who served in the Limpopo Executive Council from May 2009 to July 2013. Under Premier

Cassel Mathale Cassel Mathale (born 23 January 1961) is a South African politician who was the third Premier of Limpopo between March 2009 and July 2013. He is currently the Deputy Minister of Police in the South African government and before that was Deputy ...

, he served as

Limpopo Limpopo () is the northernmost Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a ...

Member of the Executive Council In South Africa, the Executive Council of a province is the cabinet of the provincial government. The Executive Council consists of the Premier and five to ten other members,'' Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996'', Chapter 6: "P ...

(MEC) for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs, and Tourism from 2009 to 2012 and as MEC for Roads and Transport from 2012 to 2013. He represented the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, fir ...

in the

Limpopo Provincial Legislature The Limpopo Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Limpopo. It is unicameral in its composition, and elects the Premier of Limpopo, premier and the provincial cabinet, the Executive Council (Sou ...

but did not seek re-election in the 2014 general election.

Political career

Moloto was elected to the

in the 2009 general election, ranked 13th on the ANC's provincial party list. After the election, on 6 May 2009, newly elected Premier

announced that Moloto would join his Executive Council as MEC for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs, and Tourism. He succeeded

Collins Chabane Ohm Collins Chabane (15 April 1960 – 15 March 2015) was a South African Minister of Public Service and Administration. At the age of 17, he went into exile and joined the African National Congress (ANC) underground military wing Umkhonto we ...

, who had been sworn into the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

. Moloto remained in that position until 13 March 2012, when Mathale announced a cabinet reshuffle in which Moloto swapped positions with Pinky Kekana, becoming MEC for Roads and Transport. The opposition Democratic Alliance said that it was not confident that Moloto possessed the "political gravitas" to turn the department's performance around. Moloto held the Roads and Transport portfolio for less than two years: in July 2013, Mathale was replaced by Premier Stan Mathabatha, who fired Moloto and seven other MECs. Moloto served the remainder of the legislative term as an ordinary

Member of the Provincial Legislature Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) is a title given to the members of eight of the nine provincial legislatures in South Africa. The Western Cape provincial constitution specifies that its provincial legislature be given the title of "P ...

but did not seek re-election in the 2014 general election.

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* Members of the African National Congress Members of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature Living people 21st-century South African businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century South African politicians {{DEFAULTSORT:Moloto_Pitsi