Louisa Mabe

Louisa Lorato Mabe is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the North West Provincial Legislature until 2014. She served as the North West's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance from 2009 to 2012 and as MEC for Education from 2012 to 2013. Premier Thandi Modise fired her from the Executive Council in June 2013 after she was accused of involvement in procurement irregularities.

Louisa Mabe
Member of the North West Executive Council for Education and Training
In office
3 May 2012 – 27 June 2013
PremierThandi Modise
Preceded byRaymond Elisha
Succeeded byWendy Matsemela
Member of the North West Executive Council for Finance
In office
8 May 2009 – 3 May 2012
Premier
Preceded byMaureen Modiselle
Succeeded byPaul Sebegoe
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Executive Council: 2009–2013

In the 2009 general election, Mabe was elected to an ANC seat in the North West Provincial Legislature, ranked 15th on the ANC's provincial party list.[1] After the election, on 8 May 2009, Premier Maureen Modiselle appointed Mabe to the North West Executive Council as MEC for Finance, Modiselle's own former portfolio.[2][3] In addition, from August 2010 she acted as MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture after the incumbent, Grace Pampiri-Bothman, was fired for insubordination.[4]

Modiselle resigned from office in November 2010 and was replaced as Premier by Thandi Modise, who initially retained Mabe as MEC for Finance.[5] However, in a reshuffle announced on 3 May 2012, Modise moved Mabe to a new portfolio as MEC for Education.[6][7] While Mabe was in that portfolio, there was a public controversy about a multi-million-rand contract the provincial Department of Finance had signed under her custodianship: the department had allegedly contracted a law firm owned by Mabe's personal acquaintance at an inflated price.[8] She was harshly criticised in the provincial legislature's Standing Committee on Public Accounts, at that time chaired by Hlomane Chauke,[8] and in June 2013 she was fired by Modise. In a statement, Modise said that Mabe's removal was not a finding of guilt against her but a pragmatic move "aimed at faster delivery and eliminating the need for us to answer for hang-ups".[9]

Mabe did not stand for re-election to the provincial legislature in the next general election in 2014.[10] However, in the 2021 local elections, she stood as a candidate for election to an ANC seat as proportional-representation councillor in the North West's Rustenburg Local Municipality.[11]

References
  1. "North West MPLs elected April 22". Politicsweb. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  2. "North West premier Modiselle announces her cabinet". The Mail & Guardian. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  3. "North West Premier announces MEC's". South African Government News Agency. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  4. "North West Premier, Maureen Modiselle fires her Sport, Arts and Culture MEC, Grace Bothman". South African Government. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  5. "North West premier reshuffles provincial cabinet". The Mail & Guardian. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  6. "North West Exco reshuffle balancing act to jerk-up service delivery". South African Government. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  7. "Major shake-up for North West cabinet". News24. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  8. "Two MECs face wrath of Scopa". Sowetan. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  9. "Three axed in North West cabinet reshuffle". South African Government. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  10. "Louisa Lorato Mabe". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  11. "ANC needs more votes to reclaim Rustenburg". IOL. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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