Mr Mosiuoa Lekota

National Assembly

@MTLekota

About Mosiuoa Lekota

Mr Lekota is leader of the Congress of the People (COPE). He grew up in Kroonstad, Free State. He was expelled from the University of the North due to his political involvement with the Student Representative Council and the Black Consciousness Movement. While the elected Permanent Organiser for the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO), he was imprisoned on Robben Island in 1974. Following his release in 1983, he was one of the defendants in the 1985 Delmas Treason Trial and imprisoned for four more years. Mr Lekota has served as Premier of the Free State, the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces and Minister of Defence

Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (National Assembly Committees) since 10th July 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation (National Assembly Committees) since 10th July 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Congress of the People (COPE) (Party)

Formerly

1st Candidate at Congress of the People National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee On Justice and Constitutional Development (Committee) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Economic Development (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Constituency Contact at COPE Constituency Office: Free State (Constituency Office) from 10th May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
1st Candidate at Congress of the People National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 15th July 2010 until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at COPE Constituency Office: Free State (Constituency Office) until 6th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Pension Investment	Private
C.I.S Living	Private

TRUSTS

Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts
Trustee	Mosiuoa Lekota Family Trust
Trustee	Makubuta Trust

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Pink Triangle	Beaded Giraffe	R250
John Kennedy	Bottle of Whiskey and Niceties	Unknown
Mr M Maimane	Birthday Goodies	unknown

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Business premises	Orange Farm
Residential Premises	Daan Pienaar
Residential Premises	Seasonville, Kroonstad
Residential Premises	Montecello, Midrand
Agricultural Land	Jacobsdal, Free State
Residential Land	Van Reneen
Residential	Westville, Durban
Residential	Makhudo, Tokoza

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Pension - Military Veterans	Public
CIS Living	Private

TRUSTS

Name Of Trusts
Makubutu Trust
Mosiuoa Lekota Family Trust

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Business Premises	Orange Farm
Residential	Daan Pienaar, Bloemfontein
Residential	Kroon Stad
Residential	Midrand
Agricultural Land	Jacobsdal
Residential Land	Van Reenen
Residentrial	Westville
Residential	Thokoza

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Pension	Private
CIS Living	Private

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Name Of Trusts	Trustee/Beneficiary
None	Mosiuoa Lekota Family Trust
None	Makubutu Trust	Family

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Business premises	Orange Farm
Residential premises	Daan Pienaar, Bloemfontein
Residential	Kroonstad
Residential	Midrand
Agricultural land	Jacobsdal
Residential	Van Reenen
Residential	Westville
Residential	Makhulado St Tokoza

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Pension	Private
CIS Living	Private

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature
R400 000	HBM Investment	Unit Trust Shares
	Trade First	Shares

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts
None	Trustee	Mosiuoa lekota Family Trust

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Business Premises	Orange Farm
Residential	Bloemfontein
Residential	Kroonstad
Residential [Family Trust]	Midrand
Agricultural land	Jacobsdal
Residential	Van Reenen
Residential	Westville

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Pension	Private
CIS Living	Private

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature
+-R3 000	Old Mutual	Unit Trust
-R400 000	HBM Investment	Shares
	Trade First	Shares

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Agricultural land	Jacobsdal
Residential	Van Reenen
Residential	Westville
Business premises	Orange Farm
Residential	Bloemfontein
Residential	Kroonstad
Residential [Family Trust]	Midrand

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Pension	Private

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature	No
R3 000	Old Mutual	Unit Trust
R400 000	HBM Investment	Shares	90
	Trade First	Shares	50%

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Visit to Taiwan	Embassy of Taiwan

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
As with the shares	As with the shares

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Agricultural Land	Jacobsdal
Business premises	Orange Farm
Residential	Bloemfontein
Residential	Kroonstad
Residential [Family Trust]	Midrand
Residential plot	Van Reenen
Residential	Westville

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Special Pension	Public

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature	No
R20 000	Old Mutual	Unit Trust
+-R400 000	HBM Investment	Shares	+-90
R300 000	Trade First	Shares	50%
	Mosiuoa Lekota Family Trust	Family Trust

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership
As with shares

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	Normal	Westville
Agricultural Land		Jacobsdal
Business Premises		Orange Farm
Residential		Bloemfontein
Residential		Kroonstad
Residential Premises [Family Trust]		Midrand

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature	No
R20 000	Old Mutual	Unit Trusts
R400 000	HBM Investment	Shares	90
-R300 000	Trade First	Shares	50%

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership
HBM Investment
Trade First

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Friends - Birthday present	Wrist watch	Unknown

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Agricultural Land	Jacobsdal
Business premises	Orange Farm
Residential	Bloemfontein
Residential	Westville
Residential	Kroonstad

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature	No
+-R20,000	Old Mutual	Unit Trusts
+-R400,000	HBM Investment	Shares	90
+-R300,000	Trade First	Shares	50%

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership
Trade First
HBM Investment

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Agricultural Land	-	Jacobsdal
Business Premises	-	Orange Farm
Residential	1,487sq.m.	Bloemfontein
Residential	2,313sq.m.	Westville
Sec. 1	49ha	Jacobsdal
Residential	-	Kroonstad

Committee appearances

Resolving DHA offices’ network downtime & ABIS Procurement process: DHA & SITA briefing; DHA on litigation case management system and categorizing of the cases; with Minister and Deputy Minister 5 Nov 2019

Mr M Lekota (COPE) said that it did not matter the political parties they were affiliated to -- Members should have one voice. The Committee, and the public at large, did not need another three years to sit and wait for the fixing of problems that had been noticed five years ...
Issues that affect migrants and citizens: engagement with NGOs & stakeholders 29 Oct 2019

Mr M Lekota (COPE) was of the view that the Committee was not able to address the issues being raised by the NGOs. It was clear that they were not on the same page. A good engagement could ensue only if both the Members and the NGOs had the same ...
Audit outcomes of Department and entities: AGSA briefing; DHA & IEC 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister 8 Oct 2019

Mr M Lekota (COPE) commented that the AGSA should not be protective. It had been established in order to open eyes of the Committee and Parliament. It should open the eyes of Members on the serious issues so that they could hold the DHA and its entities accountable.
State of provinces 2018/2019: Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Western Cape 17 Sep 2019

Mr M Lekota (COPE) asked why the provincial DHA was losing staff. Other than budget constraints, what other elements were responsible for the loss? What were the courts and national Department of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) doing about people who were arrested trying to commit fraud but then claimed asylum? A ...
Quarter 3 performance 13 Feb 2019

Mr M Lekota (COPE) recommended to the Chairperson the possibility of converting the style of the meeting to a dialogue so that the questions asked are not lost.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Higher Education and Training 18 Apr 2019

What (a) is the extent of fraud and corruption that has been uncovered and (b) is being done about the uncovered corruption with regard to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme?
Questions asked to the Minister of Police 12 Apr 2019

Whether the Government intends to continue with its non-statutory forces project; if so, (a) what criteria is being applied to determine the promotions to be effected in terms of the programme and (b) how will (i) these promotions be effected in a fair, meritorious and transparent manner given the rights ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Energy 1 Apr 2019

What (a) informed the decision to close down the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa’s NTP facility and (b)(i) impact has the closure of the facility had on the availability of nuclear radioisotopes for nuclear medicine purposes in the country and (ii) is being done to rectify the ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

NO460E 4 Mar 2015

Madam Speaker and hon Deputy President, in the debate on the state of the nation address, SONA, we raised an issue which we thought had nothing to do with the cases in the courts.
It is the question of sections 4, 5 and 11 of the powers and privileges Act ...
NO460E 4 Mar 2015

Hon Speaker, could the Deputy President please educate us here? We want to know whether the intraparty talks that are being facilitated by South Africa and Ethiopia are indeed running concurrently with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Igad, peace process; and if so, are they really taking a direction in ...

All Plenary Appearances

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

PENSIONS

TRUSTS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

PENSIONS

TRUSTS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

PENSIONS

TRUSTS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

PENSIONS

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRUSTS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

PENSIONS

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

PENSIONS

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRAVEL

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

PENSIONS

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Committee appearances

Questions

Plenary appearances