Provincial Executive Committees of the African National Congress

The Provincial Executive Committees (PECs) of the African National Congress (ANC) are the chief executive organs of the party's nine provincial branches. Comprising the so-called “Top Five” provincial officials and up to 30 additional elected members, each is structured similarly to the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) and is elected every four years at party provincial conferences.

Provincial Executive Committees of the African National Congress
Type
Type	Executive organs of the nine provinces of the African National Congress
Leadership
Free State Chairperson	Mxolisi Dukwana
KwaZulu-Natal Chairperson	Siboniso Duma
North West Chairperson	Nono Maloyi
Mpumalanga Chairperson	Mandla Ndlovu
Gauteng Chairperson	Panyaza Lesufi
Limpopo Chairperson	Stanley Mathabatha
Eastern Cape Chairperson	Oscar Mabuyane
Western Cape Chairperson	Vuyiso Tyhalisisu
Northern Cape Chairperson	Zamani Saul
Structure
Seats	35
Length of term	4 years
Authority	National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
Website
anc1912.org.za/provincial

The “Top Five” officials at the head of each PEC are the ANC Provincial Chairperson, the political leader of the party in the province; the ANC Provincial Secretary, a full-time party functionary; their respective deputies; and the Provincial Treasurer. With some notable exceptions, especially under President Thabo Mbeki, the Provincial Chairperson often becomes the ANC's candidate for election as Premier in the corresponding provincial government, and other members of the PEC are often appointed to the provincial cabinet as Members of the Executive Council.

Structure and election

Since its early history in the 1910s, the African National Congress (ANC) has had a quasi-federal structure, with an organisational hierarchy of local branches, regions, and provinces all falling under the overall leadership of the party's national executive. In its contemporary incarnation, the precise form of this hierarchy dates to the mid-1990s, when the party – recently unbanned by the apartheid government and returned from exile to South Africa – was restructured to align with the post-apartheid South African political system. The party therefore developed nine provincial branches which correspond to the nine provinces of South Africa. In each province, the ANC is led by a Provincial Executive Committee (PEC), which is described in the party's constitution as the party's "highest organ" in that province; the PECs are similar in structure (though inferior) to the party's National Executive Committee (PEC).

In terms of the constitution, the PECs' functions include policy implementation, management of provincial party funds, and selection of provincial party candidates for government elections. Each PEC may also supervise and direct all ANC organs in its province, including local and regional party branches and ANC caucuses in provincial and local governments. Much of a PEC's day-to-day work is carried out by the Provincial Working Committee, which the PEC elects from among its members at the beginning of each term.

Each PEC itself comprises no more than 35 elected members, including five officials. These are elected by secret ballot at a regular provincial conference, analogous to the party's national conference, attended by delegates who represent each of the local party branches in the province. In recent years, a PEC's constitutional term is four years, so each province is required to hold a conference at least every four years. PEC members are required to have been ANC members in good standing for at least seven years and, in line with the ANC's policy of applying internal gender quotas, at least half of every PEC's members must be women. In addition, the party constitution provides for some unelected persons to sit on the PECs: the leader(s) of each region in the province are represented as ex officio members, as are the provincial leaders of the ANC's three leagues (the Women's League, the Youth League, and the Veterans' League); each elected PEC may also co-opt up to three additional members to ensure "balanced representation". The size and term of the PECs have varied since 1994 with constitutional amendments: under the 1997 ANC constitution, for example, PECs comprised no more than 18 elected members serving three-year terms.

In terms of the party constitution, PECs are ultimately subordinate to the NEC, which must ensure that they function "democratically and effectively" and which may suspend or dissolve any PEC "where necessary". This provision is commonly applied during factional crises, particularly when this means that the affected province is not able to hold its conference timeously and the PEC exceeds its four-year term. If a PEC is disbanded, the constitution prescribes that a new PEC must be elected within nine months and that the NEC must appoint "an interim structure" – commonly referred to as a provincial task team – to lead the province until then. In practice, this nine-month deadline is not always met; in the Western Cape, for example, an unelected task team installed in 2019 still controlled the province in 2022.

Top Five officials

Each PEC is led by the so-called "Top Five" officials in the province, who are elected with the rest of the PEC at the provincial conference. These are the chairperson, deputy chairperson, secretary, deputy secretary, and treasurer. The Top Five is analogous to the NEC's Top Six, with the provincial chairperson and deputy chairperson positions corresponding to the national presidency and deputy presidency, but with no provincial position corresponding to the national chairmanship.

The provincial chairperson is therefore the provincial party leader, responsible for overall political leadership of the province. The provincial secretary position is also highly influential. A full-time salaried ANC functionary, the provincial secretary is responsible, among other things, for auditing and verifying local ANC branches, a process which often has significant import for the outcomes of provincial and national conferences. In the past, the support of provincial chairpersons and secretaries has been decisive for the candidacies of national leaders – as was arguably the case with the election of Jacob Zuma as ANC president at the 52nd National Conference in 2007 and the election of Cyril Ramaphosa at the 54th National Conference in 2017.

Each provincial chairperson and secretary is also an ex officio member of the NEC. However, any ANC member who is directly elected or co-opted onto the NEC cannot take up his seat unless he resigns from any subnational offices he holds in the ANC. In the past, the party constitution allowed for exceptions in "extraordinary circumstances"; Jacob Zuma claimed that this provision was written to allow him to serve simultaneously as national chairperson and KwaZulu-Natal provincial chairperson, which he did from 1994 to 1998.

"Two centres of power"

In most phases of South Africa's post-apartheid history, it has been typical for the provincial chairperson of the ANC to become the ANC's candidate for the premiership, the head of the provincial executive, in the government of their respective province. Each premier is indirectly elected by the provincial legislature, but ANC legislative caucuses take their instructions from the party; the premier in turn has the power to appoint his provincial cabinet, the Executive Council, and typically appoints colleagues from the ANC PEC as provincial ministers. These norms are "a matter of stated convention not embedded in the law but consistent with it", and have historically been controversial within the ANC and in broader society.

Pursuant to South Africa's first democratic election in 1994, the ANC won power and formed a government in all but two of the country's new provinces. During this period, the national leadership of the ANC, under president Nelson Mandela, sought to link the position of provincial party chairperson with the position of premier, arguing that the linkage would strengthen local democracy, as local members of the ANC (at that time the majority party in most provinces) would thereby have greater participation in selecting their premiers. In practice, however, the national ANC achieved this linkage not by foregoing control over the selection of premiers but by extending its control over the selection of party chairpersons: in the early and mid-1990s, the national ANC expended much energy persuading and negotiating with local members and leaders to have their preferred premier candidates elected as provincial chairs. After the 1994 election, only two ANC members – Raymond Mhlaba in the Eastern Cape and Mosuioa Lekota in the Free State – became premier in their respective provinces without winning election to the party chairmanship. Both Mhlaba and Lekota were given "special attention" by the national leadership, who lobbied for their election to the NEC at the party's 49th National Conference in December 1994.

In 1998, the NEC – then led by Thabo Mbeki, who had been elected ANC president in 1997 – endorsed a formal proposal to "delink" the positions of provincial chairperson and premier. Provincial chairpersons would no longer automatically become the ANC's presumptive candidates for the premiership. Mbeki explained that the ANC was "more concerned with the ability to run the provincial administration than the popularity of the individual". In the next general elections in 1999 and 2004, which also saw Mbeki elected as president of South Africa, this new policy was applied and was generally extremely poorly received within the ANC: members and subnational leaders resented what they perceived as "the imposition of relative outsiders as premiers". In the Free State, for example, supporters of longstanding ANC provincial chairperson Ace Magashule battled with a series of premiers viewed as Mbeki acolytes. The ANC and national media began to debate the so-called "two centres of power" theory, which held that the delinkage had created two centres of power in each province, one in the party and one in the state, which led to tensions within the party and undermined the efficacy and cohesiveness of governance by the state. In later years, Mbeki called this argument "faulty", said it had been "cooked up in order to achieve particular objectives", and defended his policy as necessary to entrench the separation of party and state.

Although the "two centres of power" notion originated to explain subnational discord in the ANC, the debate was applied to national politics when it became clear that Mbeki intended to run for a third president as ANC president in 2007 even though the national Constitution precluded his running for another term as national president. Those who opposed Mbeki's re-election argued that it would create two centres of power in the national ANC and would therefore be disruptive. At the 52nd National Conference in 2007, Mbeki lost his re-election bid to Jacob Zuma, who set about restoring the ANC as the single so-called centre of power, facilitated by resolutions taken at the same conference: the conference formally resolved that henceforth the ANC president would be the ANC's candidate for national president and that premiers would be selected by the NEC from a list of three names submitted by the province's PEC.

List of current leaders

The current chairpersons of the ANC's nine provinces are:

Free State: Mxolisi Dukwana (2023–)
KwaZulu-Natal: Siboniso Duma (2022–)
North West: Nono Maloyi (2022–)
Mpumalanga: Mandla Ndlovu (acting 2018–2022, elected 2022–)
Gauteng: Panyaza Lesufi (2022–)
Eastern Cape: Oscar Mabuyane (2017–)
Western Cape: Vuyiso JJ Tyhalisisu (2023–)
Northern Cape: Zamani Saul (2017–)
Limpopo: Stan Mathabatha (2014–)

List of former leaders

In 2005, Edna Molewa of the North West became the first woman to hold a provincial chairmanship in the ANC; she remained the only woman to do so as of 2022. As of 2022, Ace Magashule held the party's record for longest tenure as provincial chairperson; he led the Free State province from 1998 to 2017, although during that period the NEC dissolved his PEC and replaced it with an interim body on more than one occasion. When the national executive takes this recourse, the term of the Top Five officials also end and the province is led by an unelected task team convenor rather than an elected chairperson.

Free State

Election of Free State Top Five officials (1994–2023)
Conference	Chairperson	Deputy chairperson	Secretary	Deputy secretary	Treasurer	Notes
1994	Pat Matosa	Ace Magashule	Kaiser Sebothelo	Anna Buthelezi	Aaron Mnguni	Sebothelo died in 1996.
1997	Zingile Dingani	Ben Kotsoane	Sello Dithebe	Baarde Tsoai	Doctor Monareng
1998	Ace Magashule	Casca Mokitlane	Paul Mahlatsi	Vax Mayekiso	Tate Makgoe	PEC dissolved in 2000
2002	Ace Magashule	Casca Mokitlane	Pat Matosa	Charlotte Pheko-Lobe	Mxolisi Dukwana
2005	Ace Magashule	Pat Matosa	Charlotte Pheko-Lobe	Sibongile Besani	Mxolisi Dukwana	Pheko-Lobe resigned in 2008.
2008	Ace Magashule	Thabo Manyoni	Sibongile Besani	Mamiki Qabathe	Mxolisi Dukwana
2012	Ace Magashule	Thabo Manyoni	William Bulwane	Mamiki Qabathe	Msebenzi Zwane	Election results nullified later in 2012
2013	Ace Magashule	Thabo Manyoni	William Bulwane	Mamiki Qabathe	Msebenzi Zwane
2017	Ace Magashule	Paseka Nompondo	William Bulwane	Mamiki Qabathe	Msebenzi Zwane	Election results nullified later in 2017
2018	Sam Mashinini	William Bulwane	Paseka Nompondo	Mamiki Qabathe	Sisi Ntombela	PEC dissolved in 2021
2023	Mxolisi Dukwana	Ketso Makume	Polediso Motsoeneng	Dibolelo Mahlatsi	Mathabo Leeto

KwaZulu-Natal

Election of KwaZulu-Natal Top Five officials (1994–2021)
Conference	Chairperson	Deputy chairperson	Secretary	Deputy secretary	Treasurer	Notes
1994	Jacob Zuma	Zibuse Mlaba	Senzo Mchunu	Sifiso Nkabinde	Zweli Mkhize
1996	Jacob Zuma	S'bu Ndebele	Sipho Gcabashe	Bheki Cele	Zweli Mkhize
1998	S'bu Ndebele	Zweli Mkhize	Sipho Gcabashe	Senzo Mchunu	Mike Mabuyakhulu
2002	S'bu Ndebele	Zweli Mkhize	Sipho Gcabashe	Senzo Mchunu	Mike Mabuyakhulu
2005	S'bu Ndebele	Zweli Mkhize	Senzo Mchunu	Mbuso Kubheka	Mike Mabuyakhulu
2008	Zweli Mkhize	Willies Mchunu	Senzo Mchunu	Sihle Zikalala	Peggy Nkonyeni	Zikalala replaced Senzo Mchunu in 2009.
2012	Zweli Mkhize	Willies Mchunu	Sihle Zikalala	Nomusa Dube-Ncube	Peggy Nkonyeni	Senzo Mchunu replaced Mkhize in 2013.
2015	Sihle Zikalala	Willies Mchunu	Super Zuma	Mluleki Ndobe	Nomusa Dube-Ncube	Election results nullified in 2018
2018	Sihle Zikalala	Mike Mabuyakhulu	Mdumiseni Ntuli	Sipho Hlomuka	Nomusa Dube-Ncube
2022	Siboniso Duma	Nomagugu Simelane	Bheki Mtolo	Sipho Hlomuka	Ntuthuko Mahlaba

The 20 additional members of the KwaZulu-Natal PEC as elected in 2012 were Senzo Mchunu, Siyabonga Cwele, Ina Cronje, Bheki Ntuli, Ntombikayise Sibhidla-Saphetha, Lydia Johnson, Ravi Pillay, Mildred Oliphant, Lungi Gcabashe, Jabu Khumalo, Mthandeni Dlungwane, Nomvuzo Shabalala, Ester Qwabe, Hlengiwe Mavimbela, Mxolisi Kaunda, Bongi Sithole, Senzo Mkhize, Lindiwe Njoko, Sipho Gcabashe, and Nigel Gumede.

The 30 additional members elected in 2015 (and removed in 2018) were Fikile Khumalo, Bheki Mtolo, Mervyn Dirks, Lydia Johnson, Makhosi Zungu, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, Weziwe Thusi, Duduzile Mazibuko, Nontembeko Boyce, Celiwe Madlopha, Maggie Govender, Makhoni Ntuli, Khulani Hadebe, Mkhawuleni Khumalo, Vincent Madlala, Siphindile Zondi, Arthur Zwane, Zanele Nyawo, Jabu Khumalo, Bongi Sithole-Moloi, Senzo Mkhize, Sipho Gcabashe, Mxolisi Kaunda, Sduduzo Gumede, Mdumiseni Ntuli, Meshack Radebe, Lindiwe Mjobo, Ravi Pillay, Phumzile Zulu, and Ester Qwabe.

The 30 additional members elected in 2022 were Peggy Nkonyeni, Mdumiseni Ntuli, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, Nonhlanhla Khoza, Nhlakanipho Ntombela, Super Zuma, Nomakiki Majola, Nobuhle Nkabane, Bheki Ntuli, Nolubabalo Mthembu, Ndodephethe Mthethwa, Sizophila Mkhize, Mafika Mndebele, Khonza Ngidi, Jomo Sibiya, Celiwe Madlopha, Sbongile Khathi, Ntobeko Boyce, Makhosi Zungu, Londolo Zungu, Masenti Myeni, Kwazi Mshengu, Mxolisi Kaunda, Mbali Frazer, Bongi Moloi, Amanda Mapena, Mzi Zuma, Zinhle Cele and Tholi Gwala.

North West

Election of North West Top Five officials (1994–2021)
Conference	Chairperson	Deputy chairperson	Secretary	Deputy secretary	Treasurer	Notes
1994	Popo Molefe	Malose Lehobye	Ndleleni Duma	Kgotso Kgasu	Maureen Modiselle
1996	Popo Molefe	Johannes Tselapedi	Ndleleni Duma	Joe Selau	Maureen Modiselle
1998	Popo Molefe	Jerry Thibedi	Siphiwe Ngwenya	Jomo Khasu	Martin Kuscus
2002	Popo Molefe	Jerry Thibedi	Siphiwe Ngwenya	Molefi Sefularo	Edna Molewa
2005	Edna Molewa	Molefi Sefularo	Supra Mahumapelo	Ndleleni Duma	Maureen Modiselle
2008	Nono Maloyi	Molefi Sefularo	Supra Mahumapelo	Nikiwe Num	Rebecca Kasienyane	PEC dissolved in 2009
2011	Supra Mahumapelo	China Dodovu	Kabelo Mataboge	Gordon Kegakilwe	Philly Mapulane	In 2013, Dakota Legoete replaced Mataboge and Susan Tsebe Dantjie replaced Mapulane.
2015	Supra Mahumapelo	Sello Lehari	Dakota Legoete	Susan Tsebe Dantjie	Kgakgamatso Morwagaswe	PEC dissolved in 2018
2022	Nono Maloyi	Lazzy Mokgosi	Louis Diremelo	Viola Motsumi	Sello Lehari

Mpumalanga

Election of Mpumalanga Top Five officials (1994–2021)
Conference	Chairperson	Deputy chairperson	Secretary	Deputy secretary	Treasurer	Notes
1994	Mathews Phosa	Jacques Modipane	Solly Zwane	January Masilela	Ka Shabangu
1996	Mathews Phosa	Jacques Modipane	Solly Zwane	Jeri Ngomane	Ka Shabangu
1999	Ndaweni Mahlangu	David Mabuza	Solly Zwane	Siphosezwe Masango	Jeri Ngomane
2002	Fish Mahlalela	William Lubisi	Lucas Mello	Busi Coleman	David Mkhwanazi
2005	Thabang Makwetla	David Mabuza	Lucas Mello	Dina Pule	David Mkhwanazi
2008	David Mabuza	Charles Makola	Lucky Ndinisa	Nana Dlamini	Clifford Mkasi
2012	David Mabuza	David Dube	Lucky Ndinisa	Violet Siwela	Andries Gamede
2015	David Mabuza	Violet Siwela	Mandla Ndlovu	Lindiwe Ntshalintshali	Vusi Shongwe	Ndlovu replaced Mabuza in an acting capacity in 2018; Ntshalintshali became acting secretary.
2022	Mandla Ndlovu	Speedy Mashilo	Muzi Chirwa	Lindiwe Ntshalintshali	Mandla Msibi	Msibi stepped aside in 2022 and was suspended in 2024. Ntshalintshali was elected to NEC in 2022. The 30 additional members of the Gauteng PEC as elected in 2022 were Khethiwe Moeketsi, Timothy "Tim" Mashele, Sam "Obama" Masango, Ngelosi Ndlovu, Ethel Nkosi, Nhlakanipho Zuma, Terra Shabangu, Sesikana Manzini, Ndumiso Mokako, Sibongile Makhushe, William Madileng, Eva Makhabane, Vincent Malatsi.

Gauteng

Election of Gauteng Top Five officials (1994–2021)
Conference	Chairperson	Deputy chairperson	Secretary	Deputy secretary	Treasurer	Notes
1994	Tokyo Sexwale	Mathole Motshekga	Paul Mashatile	Obed Bapela	Mohammed Dangor
1996	Tokyo Sexwale	Mathole Motshekga	Paul Mashatile	Obed Bapela	Amos Masondo	Motshekga replaced Sexwale in 1997.
1998	Mathole Motshekga	Paul Mashatile	Obed Bapela	Mandla Nkomfe	Joyce Kgoali	PEC dissolved in 2000
2001	Mbhazima Shilowa	Angie Motshekga	David Makhura	Mandla Nkomfe	Lindiwe Maseko
2004	Mbhazima Shilowa	Angie Motshekga	David Makhura	Mandla Nkomfe	Lindiwe Maseko
2007	Paul Mashatile	Nomvula Mokonyane	David Makhura	Mandla Nkomfe	Lindiwe Maseko
2010	Paul Mashatile	Gwen Ramokgopa	David Makhura	Humphrey Mmemezi	Ntombi Mekgwe
2014	Paul Mashatile	David Makhura	Hope Papo	Gwen Ramokgopa	Ntombi Mekgwe
2018	David Makhura	Panyaza Lesufi	Jacob Khawe	Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko	Parks Tau
2022	Panyaza Lesufi	Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko	TK Nciza	Tasneem Motara	Morakane Mosupyoe

The 30 additional members of the Gauteng PEC as elected in 2018 were Ntombi Mekgwe, Khusela Diko, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, Lebogang Maile, Matome Chiloane, Boyce Maneli, Robert Mashego, Bandile Masuku, Rebecca Digamela, Tasneem Motara, Judith Tshabalala, Refiloe Kekana, Pretty Xaba, Mapiti Matsena, Bones Modise, Lindiwe Lasindwa, Dolly Ledwaba, Ezra Letsoalo, Peace Mabe, Dipuo Mvelase, Tshilidzi Munyai, Qedani Mahlangu, Kedibone Diale, Mbali Hlophe, Nomvuyo Mhlakaza, Mzi Khumalo, Morakane Mosupyoe, Hope Papo, Brian Hlongwa, and Gogo Ndlovana.

The 30 additional members of the Gauteng PEC as elected in 2022 were Bandile Masuku, Lebogang Maile, Mbali Hlophe, Nomathemba Mokgethi, Matome Chiloane, Nomvuyo Mhlakaza, Mzi Khumalo, Paul Mojapelo, Tebogo Letsie, Ntombi Mekgwe, Peace Mabe, Khusela Diko, Kedibone Diale, Nathi Congwane, Nonceba Molwele, Greg Schneemann, Judith Tshabalala, Joyce Boshomane, Vuyo Mhaga, Lesego Makhubela, Honours Mukhari, Thulani Ndlovu, Bones Modise, Ezra Letsoalo, Tshilidzi Munyai, Jane Mananiso, Pretty Xaba, Andiswa Mosai, Rebecca Digamela, and Gogo Ndlovana.

Eastern Cape

Election of Eastern Cape Top Five officials (1994–2021)
Conference	Chairperson	Deputy chairperson	Secretary	Deputy secretary	Treasurer	Notes
1994	Dumisani Mafu	Mzwandile Masala	Bongani Gxilishe	Mahlubandile Qwase	Khuilile Mpahlaza
1996	Makhenkesi Stofile	Stone Sizani	Humphrey Maxegwana	Mahlubandile Qwase	Noxolo Kiviet
1998	Makhenkesi Stofile	Stone Sizani	Humphrey Maxegwana	Mahlubandile Qwase	Noxolo Kiviet	Results of the 2002 elective conference were annulled.
2003	Makhenkesi Stofile	Enoch Godongwana	Humphrey Maxegwana	Mbulelo Sogoni
2006	Stone Sizani	Mbulelo Sogoni	Siphatho Handi	Pemmy Majodina	Tokozile Xasa	Handi resigned in 2008.
2009	Phumulo Masualle	Gugile Nkwinti	Oscar Mabuyane	Helen Sauls-August	Thandiswa Marawu
2013	Phumulo Masualle	Sakhumzi Somyo	Oscar Mabuyane	Helen Sauls-August	Thandiswa Marawu
2017	Oscar Mabuyane	Mlungisi Mvoko	Lulama Ngcukaitobi	Helen Sauls-August	Babalo Madikizela
2022	Oscar Mabuyane	Mlungisi Mvoko	Lulama Ngcukaitobi	Helen Sauls-August	Zolile Williams

The 30 additional members of the Eastern Cape PEC as elected in 2022 were Fundile Gade, Bukiwe Fanta, Nonceba Kontsiwe, Nqabisa Gantsho, Loyiso Magqashela, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Nomakhosazana Meth, Xolile Nqatha, Lindelwa Dunjwa, Lindiwe Gunuza, Sixolile Mehlomakhulu, Sisisi Tolashe, William Ngozi, Nanziwe Rulashe, Yanga Zicina, Nonkqubela Pieters, Virginia Camealio-Benjamin, Clara Yekiso, Avela Mjajubana, Sindile Toni, Thandekile Sabisa, Siphokazi Mani-Lusithi, Nozibele Nyalambisa, Thokozile Sokanyile, Nontuthuzelo Maqubela, Mthetheleli Sam, Nomhle Sango, Siyabulela Zangqa, Mpumelelo Khuzwayo, and Andile Lungisa.

Western Cape

Election of Western Cape Top Five officials (1994–2021)
Conference	Chairperson	Deputy chairperson	Secretary	Deputy secretary	Treasurer	Notes
1994	Chris Nissen	Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka	James Ngculu	Manfred van Rooyen	Lulamile Xate
1996	Dullah Omar	Nomaindia Mfeketho	James Ngculu	Marius Fransman	Ebrahim Rasool
1998	Ebrahim Rasool	Nomaindia Mfeketho	Mcebisi Skwatsha	Marius Fransman	Rhoda Joemat
2001	Ebrahim Rasool	Nomatyala Hangana	Mcebisi Skwatsha	Marius Fransman	Lynne Brown
2005	James Ngculu	Randall van den Heever	Mcebisi Skwatsha	Max Ozinsky	Lynne Brown
2008	Mcebisi Skwatsha	Lynne Brown	Sipho Kroma	Max Ozinsky	Songezo Mjongile	PEC dissolved in 2009
2011	Marius Fransman	Abe Bekeer	Songezo Mjongile	Maureen Gillion	Fezile Calana
2015	Marius Fransman	Khaya Magaxa	Faiez Jacobs	Thandi Manikivana	Maureen Gillion	Fransman was suspended in 2016. The PEC was dissolved in 2019.
2023	JJ Tyhalisisu	Sharon Davids	Neville Delport	Ayanda Bans	Derrick Appel

Northern Cape

Election of Northern Cape Top Five officials (1994–2021)
Conference	Chairperson	Deputy chairperson	Secretary	Deputy secretary	Treasurer	Notes
1994	Manne Dipico	Godfrey Oliphant	William Steenkamp	Kenneth Khumalo	Modise Matlaopane
1996	Manne Dipico	Godfrey Oliphant	John Block	Fred Wyngaardt	Dipuo Peters
1998	Manne Dipico	John Block	Neville Mompati	Fred Wyngaardt	Dipuo Peters
2001	Manne Dipico	John Block	Neville Mompati	Fred Wyngaardt	Dipuo Peters	In 2003, Dipico was replaced by Block and then (in an acting capacity) by Peters.
2004	John Block	Fred Wyngaardt	Neville Mompati	Zamani Saul	Tina Joemat-Pettersson
2008	John Block	Kenny Mmoiemang	Zamani Saul	Alvin Botes	Yolanda Botha
2012	John Block	Kenny Mmoiemang	Zamani Saul	Alvin Botes	Yolanda Botha	In 2015, Sylvia Lucas replaced Botha and Block resigned.
2017	Zamani Saul	Bentley Vass	Deshi Ngxanga	Maruping Lekwene	Fufe Makatong
2021	Zamani Saul	Bentley Vass	Deshi Ngxanga	Maruping Lekwene	Fufe Makatong

Limpopo

Election of Limpopo Top Five officials (1994–2022)
Conference	Chairperson	Deputy chairperson	Secretary	Deputy secretary	Treasurer	Notes
1994	Ngoako Ramatlhodi	Joe Phaahla	Collins Chabane	Benny Boshielo	Sam Rampedi
1996	George Mashamba	Joe Phaahla	Collins Chabane	Benny Boshielo	Jerry Ndou
1998	Ngoako Ramatlhodi	Robert Malavi	Benny Boshielo	Jerry Ndou	Tshenuwani Farisani	PEC dissolved in 2001
2002	Ngoako Ramatlhodi	Joyce Mashamba	Cassel Mathale		Thaba Mufamadi
2005	Sello Moloto	Joyce Mashamba	Cassel Mathale	Maite Nkoana-Mashabane	De Wet Monakedi
2008	Cassel Mathale	Dickson Masemola	Joe Maswanganyi	Pinky Kekana	Dipuo Letsatsi
2011	Cassel Mathale	Dickson Masemola	Soviet Lekganyane	Florence Radzilani	Pinky Kekana	PEC dissolved in 2013
2014	Stan Mathabatha	Jerry Ndou	Nocks Seabi	Makoma Makhurupetje	Thembi Nwendamutswu	In 2015, Nwendamutswu was replaced by Danny Msiza.
2018	Stan Mathabatha	Florence Radzilani	Soviet Lekganyane	Basikopo Makamu	Danny Msiza
2022	Stan Mathabatha	Florence Radzilani	Rueben Madadzhe	Basikopo Makamu	Nakedi Sibanda-Kekana

The 30 additional members of the Limpopo PEC as elected in 2018 were Dickson Masemola, Phophi Ramathuba, Thabo Mokone, Rodgers Monama, Jerry Ndou, Nkakareng Rakgoale, Falaza Mdaka, Polly Boshielo, Mapula Mokaba, Seaparo Sekoati, Donald Selamolela, Joshua Matlou, Tolly Mashamaite, Nandi Ndalane, Thandi Moraka, Lehlogonolo Masoga, Kennedy Tshivase, Simon Mathe, Rudolph Phala, Rosinah Mogotlane, Sarah Lamola, Violet Mathye, Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya, Makoma Makhurupetje, Johanna Aphiri, Andrina Matsimela, Lilliet Mamaregane, Maria Thamaga, Monicca Mochadi and Caroline Mahasela.

The 30 additional members of the Limpopo PEC as elected in 2022 were Phophi Ramathuba, Makoma Makhurupetje, Thabo Mokone, Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya, Rodgers Monama, Nkakareng Rakgoale, Jimmy Machaka, Falaza Mdaka, Simon Mathe, Morris Mataboge, Bella Kupa, Kate Bilankulu, Mapula Mokaba, Caroline Mahasela, Mpho Mudau, Maria Thamaga, Essop Mokgonyana, Jeremiah Ngobeni, Violet Mathye, Rosemary Molapo, Cherries Pokane, Kedibone Lebea, Reggie Mokokomme, Solomon Pheedi, Kathutshelo Netshifefe, Soviet Lekganyane, Frans Mokwele, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Maropene Ramokgopa and Sunny Dlovu.