Fufe Makatong | |
Office: | Northern Cape MEC for Roads and Public Works |
Premier: | Zamani Saul |
Term Start: | 26 June 2020 |
Predecessor: | Abraham Vosloo |
Office1: | Northern Cape MEC for Health |
Premier1: | Sylvia Lucas |
Term Start1: | 15 October 2018 |
Term End1: | 7 May 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Lebogang Motlhaping |
Successor1: | Mase Manopole |
Office2: | Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature |
Term Start2: | 12 June 2020 |
Term Start3: | 21 May 2014 |
Term End3: | 7 May 2019 |
Birthname: | Fufe Bohutsana Providence Makatong |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | African National Congress |
Fufe Bohutsana Providence Makatong is a South African politician and the Northern Cape MEC for Roads and Public Works. She was appointed to the position on 26 June 2020. She has served as a member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature since 12 June 2020, and previously from 2014 to 2019. Between 2018 and 2019, she was the MEC for Health. Makatong is the treasurer of the provincial African National Congress structure.
In 2014, Makatong was elected to the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature as a member of the African National Congress.[1]
She was elected as provincial treasurer at the ANC's elective conference in May 2017.[2] [3]
In a cabinet reshuffle in February 2018, Makatong was appointed as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health by premier Sylvia Lucas. She took over from Lebogang Motlhaping.[4] She was not placed on the ANC's list for the 2019 general election and left the legislature at the dissolution of the term.[5]
Makatong returned to the legislature on 12 June 2020.[6] Soon after, she was appointed MEC for Roads and Public Works by the new premier, Zamani Saul.[7] The Democratic Alliance, an opposition party, criticised her appointment.[8]
Following the 2024 provincial election, Makatong was reappointed as the MEC for Roads and Public Works by Saul.[9]