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Chupu Stanley Mathabatha (born 21 January 1957) is a South African politician who was the fourth Premier of Limpopo between July 2013 and June 2024. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he has been the Deputy Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development since July 2024.
A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the United Democratic Front, Mathabatha was a civil servant in Limpopo Province until 2010. Thereafter he completed a brief stint as a diplomat, serving as South African Ambassador to Ukraine under President Jacob Zuma from 2012 to 2013. He was elected as Premier of Limpopo in July 2013 after the resignation of Cassel Mathale, and he was elected as the Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) in Limpopo in February 2014.
Mathabatha was elected to a third four-year term as ANC Provincial Chairperson in June 2022. He is also a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party.
Mathabatha resigned as ANC Limpopo Chairperson in September 2025.
Chupu Stanley Mathabatha was born on 21 January 1957. He is from the Sekhukhune region of what is now the Limpopo province of South Africa; at the time of Mathabatha's birth, during apartheid, it was part of the Transvaal province.
He has a Bachelor's degree from the University of the Western Cape and a Master's degree in development from the University of Limpopo. He also attended an Executive Management Development Programme at Harvard University in 2003.
In his youth, Mathabatha became involved in anti-apartheid activism in the Northern Transvaal, particularly in Motetema, a township in the Lebowa bantustan on the outskirts of Grobersdal. In 1977, in the aftermath of the Soweto uprising, he joined Umkhonto weSizwe, the underground armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In the 1980s, he was active in the United Democratic Front (UDF); according to News24, he worked closely with Peter Mokaba, whom he later described as a "revered comrade", and with Frans Mohlala. He was also a member of the Motetema Youth Congress; of the Northern Transvaal Youth Congress; and of an ANC-aligned youth group known as the Young Lions of the North, which also included Cassel Mathale and others.
When the apartheid government unbanned the ANC and other political parties in 1990, Mathabatha helped establish the party's structures in the Northern Transvaal, becoming Treasurer of the Northern Transvaal region of the ANC in 1992. According to News24, he was also a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and helped the SACP establish its branches in the region.
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Stan Mathabatha
Chupu Stanley Mathabatha (born 21 January 1957) is a South African politician who was the fourth Premier of Limpopo between July 2013 and June 2024. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he has been the Deputy Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development since July 2024.
A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the United Democratic Front, Mathabatha was a civil servant in Limpopo Province until 2010. Thereafter he completed a brief stint as a diplomat, serving as South African Ambassador to Ukraine under President Jacob Zuma from 2012 to 2013. He was elected as Premier of Limpopo in July 2013 after the resignation of Cassel Mathale, and he was elected as the Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) in Limpopo in February 2014.
Mathabatha was elected to a third four-year term as ANC Provincial Chairperson in June 2022. He is also a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party.
Mathabatha resigned as ANC Limpopo Chairperson in September 2025.
Chupu Stanley Mathabatha was born on 21 January 1957. He is from the Sekhukhune region of what is now the Limpopo province of South Africa; at the time of Mathabatha's birth, during apartheid, it was part of the Transvaal province.
He has a Bachelor's degree from the University of the Western Cape and a Master's degree in development from the University of Limpopo. He also attended an Executive Management Development Programme at Harvard University in 2003.
In his youth, Mathabatha became involved in anti-apartheid activism in the Northern Transvaal, particularly in Motetema, a township in the Lebowa bantustan on the outskirts of Grobersdal. In 1977, in the aftermath of the Soweto uprising, he joined Umkhonto weSizwe, the underground armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In the 1980s, he was active in the United Democratic Front (UDF); according to News24, he worked closely with Peter Mokaba, whom he later described as a "revered comrade", and with Frans Mohlala. He was also a member of the Motetema Youth Congress; of the Northern Transvaal Youth Congress; and of an ANC-aligned youth group known as the Young Lions of the North, which also included Cassel Mathale and others.
When the apartheid government unbanned the ANC and other political parties in 1990, Mathabatha helped establish the party's structures in the Northern Transvaal, becoming Treasurer of the Northern Transvaal region of the ANC in 1992. According to News24, he was also a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and helped the SACP establish its branches in the region.
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