Selamolela has a postgraduate degree from the
University of Limpopo. He formerly headed the Youth Development Directorate in the
Office of the Limpopo Premier In June 2018, he was elected to the
Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) of the ANC in Limpopo and became its official
spokesperson. In July of that year, the
Sowetan reported that Limpopo Premier
Stan Mathabatha had intended to appoint Selamolela to the
Limpopo Executive Council but had been overruled on the grounds that it was necessary to ensure
gender diversity in the council. In the
2019 general election, Selamolela was ranked 12th on the ANC's
party list and was elected for the first time to a seat in the
Limpopo Provincial Legislature. He was also elected chair of the legislature's committee on Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism. and it was supported by the ANC's
Norman Mashabane region – the largest in the province – and by some branches in the
Peter Mokaba region. However, when the party's provincial elective conference opened in June 2022, Selamolela declined nomination to the party treasury, saying that he had faith in both of the other candidates,
Nakedi Sibanda-Kekana and Faith Chauke. At the same conference, he failed to gain re-election to the ANC PEC. and by number of votes received he was ranked 58th of the 80 candidates elected, receiving 1,143 votes across the 4,029 ballots cast. == References ==