Thabang Makwetla

Thabang Sampson Makwetla is a South African politician who was the third Premier of Mpumalanga between 2004 and 2009. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he went on to serve as a deputy minister in the South African government from 2009 to 2024; he was the Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans from 2019 to 2024 and earlier from 2009 to 2014, and in the interim he was Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services from 2014 to 2019.

Occupation

politician

Position held

member of the National Assembly of South Africa, member of the National Assembly of South Africa, Premier of Mpumalanga

Citizenship

South Africa

Born

May 18, 1957