Kenny Mmoiemang

Mosimanegare Kenneth "Kenny" Mmoiemang (born 5 March 1967) is a South African politician. Since 2019 he has been serving as a Delegate of the National Council of Provinces. He is a member of the Northern Cape delegation. He was the provincial MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs from 2009 to 2013 and the speaker of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature from 2013 to 2019. Mmoiemang is a member of the African National Congress (ANC).

The Honourable

Kenny Mmoiemang

MP
Delegate of the National Council of Provinces
Assumed office
23 May 2019
ConstituencyNorthern Cape
Speaker of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature
In office
4 June 2013 – 7 May 2019
Preceded byBoeboe van Wyk
Succeeded byNewrene Klaaste
Northern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs
In office
11 May 2009 – 4 June 2013
PremierHazel Jenkins
Succeeded byAlvin Botes
Personal details
Born
Mosimanegare Kenneth Mmoiemang

(1967-03-05) 5 March 1967
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

Early life

Mmoiemang was born on 5 March 1967. He matriculated from Batlharo-Tlhaping High School in 1984. He went on to study at the University of the Witwatersrand where he obtained a B.Proc and LLB degree in 1992 and 1994, respectively. He later fulfilled a Municipal Executive Management Development Programme course from the University of the Free State in 2005. Mmoiemang started his career by being admitted to the Cape Law Society as an attorney in 1998.[1]

Political career

In 1983, he became a UDF affiliate member of the Kuruman Youth Unity (KUYINI). He joined SANSCO in 1989 and became a member of the Johannesburg South African Communist Party (SACP) branch in 1990. Mmoiemang became the chairperson of SANSCO at the University of Witwatersrand in 1991 and the SASCO secretary at the university in 1993. He was a member of both Tswelelopele Initiative Board and the Association For Community and Rural Advancement between 1991 and 1992.[1]

Mmoiemang was elected deputy provincial chairperson of the ANC in 2008 and joined the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature on 6 May 2009.[2] Premier Hazel Jenkins appointed him as the MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs. He assumed the office on 11 May.[3] He was elected speaker of the provincial legislature in June 2013, succeeding Boeboe van Wyk.[4] He was re-elected as speaker in May 2014.[5] He retired as deputy provincial chair of the ANC in October 2017.

Mmoiemang left the legislature in May 2019 as he was elected to the National Council of Provinces. He took office as a delegate on 23 May.[6]

References
  1. "MEC Mosimanegape Mmoiemang". denc.ncpg.gov.za. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. "N Cape ANC leader re elected". 29 August 2008.
  3. "Northern Cape MECs announced". 11 May 2009.
  4. "No surprises in N Cape reshuffle".
  5. "EFF causes stir in provincial legislatures".
  6. "Northern Cape's first sitting of sixth legislature proceeds without glitches".
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