Nono Maloyi

Maloyi was born on 5 May 1968. According to Maloyi, he became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the mid-1980s, 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 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. == Parliament: 2004–2007 ==

In the 2004 general election, Maloyi was elected to represent the ANC in the National Assembly, serving the North West constituency. 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. == North West Legislature: 2007–2016 ==

Election as ANC chair: 2008 On 25 June 2007, 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. In 2008, at a hotly contested ANC provincial conference, Maloyi was elected provincial chairperson of the ANC in the North West. 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. 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. However, that position went to Maureen Modiselle and Maloyi was instead elected as Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature. 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. 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 and was appointed to return to the National Assembly. 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, as a leading member of a North West ANC faction known as "N12". 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. 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. 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. At the ANC's ninth provincial conference in the North West, held in Rustenberg in August 2022, Maloyi was elected provincial chairperson. Maloyi won 370 votes against Maape's 294. The charge was reportedly related to a 2018 car accident on the N12 which led to the death of one person. The National Prosecuting Authority had provisionally withdrawn the charge against him in May 2022, 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. 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. == References ==