Nono Maloyi Explained

Honorific-Suffix:MPL
Office:Member of the North West Executive Council for Human Settlement, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Termstart:November 2022
Term End:14 June 2024
Predecessor:Lenah Miga
Premier:Bushy Maape
Office1:Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress in the North West
Termstart1:August 2022
Predecessor1:Supra Mahumapelo
Deputy1:Lazzy Mokgosi
Term2:May 2008 – July 2009
Predecessor2:Edna Molewa
Successor2:Supra Mahumapelo
Deputy2:Molefi Sefularo
Office3:Member of the National Assembly
Term3:3 June 2016 – 28 February 2019
Term4:23 April 2004 – 25 June 2007
Constituency4:North West
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Office:Member of the North West Executive Council for Human Settlement, Public Safety and Liaison
Term:April 2012 – 6 May 2014
Premier:Thandi Modise
Successor:Collen Maine (for Local Government and Human Settlements)
Office1:Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature
Term1:May 2009 – April 2012
Premier1:Maureen Modiselle
Thandi Modise
Predecessor1:Thandi Modise
Successor1:Supra Mahumapelo
Party:African National Congress
Citizenship:South African
Birth Date:5 May 1968

Patrick Dumile Nono Maloyi (born 5 May 1968) is a South African politician who served as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Human Settlement, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the North West province from November 2022 until June 2024. In August 2022, he was elected Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) in the North West, a position he formerly held from 2008 to 2009.

Maloyi has served in both the National Assembly and the North West Provincial Legislature; he was formerly the Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2012 and MEC for Human Settlement and Public Safety from 2012 to 2014. Most proximately, he served in the National Assembly from 2016 until 2019, when he retreated from legislative politics. He was sworn back in to the provincial legislature in early November 2022 after returning to the ANC chairmanship, and he was reappointed to the North West Executive Council shortly afterwards.

Early life and activism

Maloyi was born on 5 May 1968.[1] According to Maloyi, he became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the mid-1980s,[2] and in the post-apartheid period he rose to prominence in the ANC of the North West province. He was a local leader of the ANC Youth League[3] and, according to the Mail & Guardian, he was a political opponent of Popo Molefe, who represented the ANC as Premier of the North West between 1994 and 2004.[4]

Parliament: 2004–2007

In the 2004 general election, Maloyi was elected to represent the ANC in the National Assembly, serving the North West constituency. During the legislative term that followed, he was one of several politicians implicated in South Africa's Travelgate scandal, which concerned the abuse of parliamentary travel vouchers.[5] The following year, he pled guilty to one count of fraud, in relation to an amount of R150,000, and in October 2006 he was sentenced to pay a fine of R60,000 or serve five years' imprisonment.[6]

North West Legislature: 2007–2016

Election as ANC chair: 2008

On 25 June 2007,[7] Maloyi resigned from his seat in the National Assembly in order to swop seats with the ANC's Nomvula Hlangwana; she filled his seat in Parliament and he was sworn in to her seat in the North West Provincial Legislature, where he served as Chief Whip of the Majority Party.[8]

In 2008, at a hotly contested ANC provincial conference,[9] Maloyi was elected provincial chairperson of the ANC in the North West.[10] He was viewed as aligned to Thabo Mbeki, who had recently lost the ANC presidency to Jacob Zuma at the ANC's 52nd National Conference.[11]

Speaker: 2009–2012

The following year, after the ANC's victory in the North West in the 2009 general election, Maloyi was one of three candidates whom the provincial ANC recommended for the post of Premier.[12] However, that position went to Maureen Modiselle and Maloyi was instead elected as Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature.

Shortly into Maloyi's tenure as Speaker, in July 2009, his term as ANC provincial chairperson ended prematurely when the ANC National Executive Committee disbanded the party's entire North West provincial leadership. Maloyi's supporters claimed that the move was retribution by the national leadership for the North West's support for Mbeki at the 52nd National Conference.[13] When the North West ANC elected its new leadership in 2011, Supra Mahumapelo, who had been ANC provincial secretary under Maloyi, was elected to succeed Maloyi as chairperson. A source told the Mail & Guardian that Maloyi had intended to run for re-election but had lost the support of Mahumapelo and his supporters, and that the relationship between Maloyi and Mahumapelo subsequently soured.

He resigned as Speaker in April 2012; summarising his tenure, he quoted Charles Dickens: "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times".

Executive Council: 2012–2014

Maloyi left the speaker's office to became Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Human Settlement, Public Safety and Liaison under Modiselle's successor, Premier Thandi Modise.[14] [15]

Pursuant to the 2014 general election, Mahumapelo was elected to succeed Modise as Premier, and though Maloyi was re-elected to his seat in the provincial legislature, he was not re-appointed to the Executive Council.

Return to Parliament: 2016–2019

In June 2016, Maloyi resigned from the provincial legislature[16] and was appointed to return to the National Assembly. During Maloyi's time in Parliament, Mahumapelo's ANC provincial executive committee was disbanded by the ANC National Executive Committee in 2018 and Maloyi was appointed to the interim task team which was installed to take over the leadership of the provincial party.[17] He served less than a full term in Parliament, departing in February 2019.

Return to the North West: 2020–present

Election as ANC chair: 2022

As early as 2020 the media speculated that when the North West ANC elected a new leadership corps, Maloyi might make a political comeback,[18] [19] [20] as a leading member of a North West ANC faction known as "N12".[21] [22] [23] In 2020 and 2021, several newspapers reported on claims that several North West politicians' phones had been tapped, allegedly by intelligence operatives working for Premier Job Mokgoro.[24] Maloyi was allegedly one of the affected politicians and the Mail & Guardian reported that he had laid criminal charges in connection with the alleged wiretap.[25]

In March 2022, he was formally nominated to stand for election to a second term as ANC provincial chairperson. He was nominated by his local ANC branch in Tlokwe near Potchefstroom, North West.[26] At the ANC's ninth provincial conference in the North West, held in Rustenberg in August 2022, Maloyi was elected provincial chairperson. He had run against Premier Bushy Maape and, initially, against Mahumapelo. However, shortly before the election, Mahumapelo pulled out of the race and endorsed Maloyi's candidacy.[27] [28] Maloyi won 370 votes against Maape's 294.

Culpable homicide charge

In 2022, during Maloyi's campaign for election as ANC provincial chairperson, some opponents – particularly in the Bojanala region of North West – argued unsuccessfully that he should be barred from contesting the position, in line with the ANC's step-aside policy, because he had previously been charged with culpable homicide.[29] The charge was reportedly related to a 2018 car accident on the N12 which led to the death of one person.[30] [31] The National Prosecuting Authority had provisionally withdrawn the charge against him in May 2022, but Maloyi's opponents argued that the charge might be reinstated. Maloyi lamented that they were "trying to leverage an unfortunate situation for political gain". He said:

The ANC step-aside rule was meant to root out bad apples from the organisation and not to settle political scores. The accident was an unforeseen and unfortunate incident. It was not corruption, money laundering, or any of the criminal acts that were meant to be rooted out by the step-aside policy.

Return to the legislature: 2022–present

On 8 November 2022, Maloyi was sworn back into the North West Provincial Legislature, filling a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Kim Medupe.[32] On 21 November, Maape, who remained the Premier, announced a cabinet reshuffle which saw Maloyi appointed MEC for Human Settlement, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.[33]

Following the 2024 general election, Maloyi was not amongst the interviewees for North West premier. ANC deputy provincial chairperson Lazarus Mokgosi was elected to succeed Bushy Maape. Maloyi was not appointed to Mokgosi's Executive Council.[34]

Notes and References

  1. 20 April 2004 . General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004 . . Pretoria, South Africa . . 466 . 2677 . 4–95 . 26 March 2021.
  2. Web site: 3 April 2012 . Abdication Speech by the Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature Hon Nono Maloyi . 2022-11-30 . South African Government.
  3. Web site: 14 August 2022 . Next stop ANC NEC for North West strongman Supra Mahumapelo . 2022-11-30 . Sunday Times . en-ZA.
  4. Web site: 2013-03-01 . Chika murder causes mayhem in divided North West . 2022-11-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  5. Web site: 21 March 2009 . 'We saved money through Travelgate payout' . 2022-11-30 . IOL.
  6. Web site: 2006-10-16 . Travelgate: 14 plead guilty . 2022-11-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  7. Web site: 2009-01-15 . National Assembly Members . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514071402/http://www.pmg.org.za/parlinfo/nalist#_ftnref87 . 14 May 2009 . 2023-04-08 . Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
  8. News: 23 July 2007 . Fired MEC takes matter to High Court . IOL . 26 April 2023.
  9. Web site: Ngalwa . Sibusiso . 12 May 2008 . ANC battle for control cripples conference . 2022-11-29 . IOL . en.
  10. Web site: African National Congress . 1 October 2008 . Statement: Names of ANC provincial office bearers . 2022-11-30 . Politicsweb . en.
  11. Web site: 2008-05-01 . Premier's position on the line . 2022-11-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  12. Web site: 2009-05-10 . Governing against the tide . 2022-11-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  13. Web site: 2009-07-19 . ANC disbands committee in 'unstable' North West . 2022-11-28 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  14. Web site: 2 July 2012 . Blame devil for some crimes, says MEC . 2022-11-30 . Cape Argus . PressReader.
  15. Web site: Patrick Dumile Nono Maloyi . 2022-11-30 . People's Assembly . en.
  16. Web site: 9 June 2016 . North West Provincial Legislature swears in new member . 2022-11-30 . South African Government.
  17. Web site: Stone . Setumo . 7 December 2020 . ANC v ANC Supra headlines competing by-election event . 2022-11-30 . City Press . en-US.
  18. Web site: Stone . Setumo . 5 July 2020 . ‘He’s not the alpha and omega’ – How alliance partners stopped North West Premier Job Mokgoro’s new reshuffle . 2022-11-30 . City Press . en-US.
  19. Web site: Stone . Setumo . 5 July 2020 . Spying claims in North West ANC: Former MP’s calls and messages intercepted . 2022-11-30 . City Press . en-US.
  20. Web site: 2021-06-30 . National working committee instructs ANC North West to replace Mokgoro . 2022-11-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  21. Web site: Stone . Setumo . 30 November 2020 . ‘It’s advantage Supra now’: North West cabinet appointment reveals who is really in charge . 2022-11-30 . City Press . en-US.
  22. Web site: 2022-11-21 . North West rotates municipal managers to serve greed and power . 2022-11-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  23. Web site: Stone . Setumo . 15 August 2022 . Marathon ANC North West conference ends without completing business . 2022-11-30 . City Press . en-US.
  24. Web site: 2021-03-05 . North West premier in phone tapping claims . 2022-11-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  25. Web site: 2021-04-20 . North West premier refuses to resign as IPC looks for his replacement . 2022-11-30 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  26. Web site: Stone . Setumo . 9 March 2022 . Nono Maloyi stakes a claim for ANC North West chairperson position . 2022-11-30 . City Press . en-US.
  27. Web site: 15 August 2022 . ANC North West elects Supra Mahumapelo-endorsed top 5 . 2022-11-30 . Sowetan . en-ZA.
  28. Web site: Njilo . Nonkululeko . 2022-08-15 . New North West ANC chair Nono Maloyi aims for ‘clean-up process’ to rebuild branches . 2022-11-30 . Daily Maverick . en.
  29. Web site: Khumalo . Juniour . 15 August 2022 . Newly-elected ANC North West chairperson Nono Maloyi could be forced out due to unresolved case . 2022-11-30 . News24 . en-US.
  30. Web site: Kanyane . Zinhle . 19 August 2022 . ANC’s Mabe refutes claims that step-aside rule will be imposed on new NW chair . 2022-11-30 . EWN . en.
  31. Web site: Mafisa . Itumeleng . 11 August 2022 . Step-aside rule blocks Nono Maloyi . 2022-11-30 . IOL . en.
  32. Web site: 8 November 2022 . North West Legislature welcomes Nono Maloyi as new member of Provincial Legislature . 2022-11-30 . South African Government.
  33. Web site: Kanyane . Zinhle . 22 November 2022 . NW Premier reshuffles his cabinet, makes room for Nono Maloyi . 2022-11-30 . EWN . en.
  34. Web site: Masungwini . Norman . North West and Free State premiers sideline ANC chairpersons in their new cabinets . 2024-07-08 . City Press . en-US.