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Thandi Moraka
Anna Tandi Moraka (born 15 October 1983), commonly known as Thandi Moraka, is a South African politician from Limpopo. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has been the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since July 2024. She joined the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2024 general election.
Between 2009 and 2024, Moraka was a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. During that time she was Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts and Culture in the Limpopo provincial government between July 2018 and October 2022. In December 2022 she was elected to a five-year term on the ANC's National Executive Committee. She formerly served as Deputy Secretary-General of the ANC Youth League from 2015 to 2019 and as a member of the Limpopo ANC's Provincial Executive Committee from 2018 to 2022.
Moraka was born on 15 October 1983. She rose to prominence as an activist in the African National Congress (ANC) and ANC Youth League (ANCYL). Her local ANC branch is in Modimolle in the Waterberg region of South Africa's Limpopo province.
In the April 2009 general election, Moraka was elected to represent the ANC in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, ranked 34th on the ANC's party list in the province. She served three terms in her seat, gaining re-election in the 2014 general election, ranked 13th on the ANC's provincial party list, and in the 2019 general election, ranked 26th on the party list.
During her early legislative career, Moraka was also Deputy Provincial Secretary of the ANCYL's Limpopo branch, then under the leadership of ANCYL Provincial Chairperson Lehlogonolo Masoga. At the provincial ANCYL's elective conference in Makhado in April 2010, Moraka and other incumbent leaders were voted out of their positions and replaced by allies of national ANCYL president Julius Malema, amid procedural disruptions and police intervention. The Star labelled her a member of the "Makhado brigade", a group led by Masoga which "openly defied" Malema at the conference.
On 10 April 2010, as Moraka drove home from the chaotic Makhado conference, she was arrested by an off-duty traffic officer on the N1 near Botlokwa and detained briefly at Mphephu police station. The ANCYL alleged that she had stolen important league documents which accredited the delegates to the conference and without which the conference could not proceed. Her arrest was viewed as retaliation by the pro-Malema faction of the ANCYL.
The national leadership of the ANCYL laid a criminal charge of theft against Moraka, pertaining to the documents allegedly taken by her, and released a statement providing the following account of the incident:
Despite the calls made by the President of the ANCYL for delegates to return to the conference some persisted in their actions without regard for the majority of delegates. The former Deputy Secretary of the ANCYL Cde Thandi Moraka stole the conference credentials and attempted to flee from Makhado en route to Polokwane. She was then located by the police and found in possession of the conference credentials, an ID document and accreditation tags of delegates determined to collapse [render inquorate] the Provincial Conference of the ANCYL. A criminal case of theft was opened against her.
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Thandi Moraka
Anna Tandi Moraka (born 15 October 1983), commonly known as Thandi Moraka, is a South African politician from Limpopo. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has been the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since July 2024. She joined the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2024 general election.
Between 2009 and 2024, Moraka was a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. During that time she was Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Sports, Arts and Culture in the Limpopo provincial government between July 2018 and October 2022. In December 2022 she was elected to a five-year term on the ANC's National Executive Committee. She formerly served as Deputy Secretary-General of the ANC Youth League from 2015 to 2019 and as a member of the Limpopo ANC's Provincial Executive Committee from 2018 to 2022.
Moraka was born on 15 October 1983. She rose to prominence as an activist in the African National Congress (ANC) and ANC Youth League (ANCYL). Her local ANC branch is in Modimolle in the Waterberg region of South Africa's Limpopo province.
In the April 2009 general election, Moraka was elected to represent the ANC in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, ranked 34th on the ANC's party list in the province. She served three terms in her seat, gaining re-election in the 2014 general election, ranked 13th on the ANC's provincial party list, and in the 2019 general election, ranked 26th on the party list.
During her early legislative career, Moraka was also Deputy Provincial Secretary of the ANCYL's Limpopo branch, then under the leadership of ANCYL Provincial Chairperson Lehlogonolo Masoga. At the provincial ANCYL's elective conference in Makhado in April 2010, Moraka and other incumbent leaders were voted out of their positions and replaced by allies of national ANCYL president Julius Malema, amid procedural disruptions and police intervention. The Star labelled her a member of the "Makhado brigade", a group led by Masoga which "openly defied" Malema at the conference.
On 10 April 2010, as Moraka drove home from the chaotic Makhado conference, she was arrested by an off-duty traffic officer on the N1 near Botlokwa and detained briefly at Mphephu police station. The ANCYL alleged that she had stolen important league documents which accredited the delegates to the conference and without which the conference could not proceed. Her arrest was viewed as retaliation by the pro-Malema faction of the ANCYL.
The national leadership of the ANCYL laid a criminal charge of theft against Moraka, pertaining to the documents allegedly taken by her, and released a statement providing the following account of the incident:
Despite the calls made by the President of the ANCYL for delegates to return to the conference some persisted in their actions without regard for the majority of delegates. The former Deputy Secretary of the ANCYL Cde Thandi Moraka stole the conference credentials and attempted to flee from Makhado en route to Polokwane. She was then located by the police and found in possession of the conference credentials, an ID document and accreditation tags of delegates determined to collapse [render inquorate] the Provincial Conference of the ANCYL. A criminal case of theft was opened against her.