Monicca Mochadi

{{Short description|South African politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature

| termstart = 22 May 2019

| office1 = Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Public Works, Roads and Transport

| termstart1 = 22 May 2019

| termend1 = 23 March 2020

| party = African National Congress

| citizenship = South Africa

| successor1 = Dickson Masemola

| predecessor1 = Nandi Ndalane

| premier1 = Stan Mathabatha

| honorific_suffix = MPL

}}

Sekutu Monicca Mochadi is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2019. She was Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure from May 2019 to March 2020.

In June 2018, Mochadi was elected to a four-year term as a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Limpopo branch.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-26 |title=Additionals on ANC's new provincial executive announced |url=https://reviewonline.co.za/484195/additionals-on-ancs-new-provincial-executive-announced/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Polokwane Observer |language=en-US}} The following year, she was ranked 22nd on the ANC's provincial party list in the 2019 general election and was elected to a seat in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature.{{Cite web |title=Sekutu Monicca Mochadi |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/sekutu-monicca-mochadi/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}} She was also appointed to the Limpopo Executive Council by Stan Mathabatha, then the Premier of Limpopo, who named her MEC for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure.{{Cite web |date=23 May 2019 |title=Women dominate Stanley Mathabatha's cabinet |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-05-23-women-dominate-stanley-mathabathas-cabinet/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Sowetan |language=en-ZA}} In this capacity Mochadi "declared a war against potholes", launching Operation Thiba Potholes as part of a campaign to improve road infrastructure in the province.{{Cite web |last=Nkgadima |first=Thomo |date=2019-10-31 |title=Limpopo Premier wages "war on potholes" – but only on Facebook |url=https://www.groundup.org.za/article/limpopo-premier-wages-war-potholes-only-facebook/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=GroundUp News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Boshego |first=Desmond |date=31 October 2019 |title=MEC declares war on Limpopo potholes! |url=https://www.snl24.com/dailysun/news/mec-declares-war-on-limpopo-potholes-20191031 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Daily Sun |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Import |first=Pongrass |date=2019-11-02 |title=Operation Thiba declares war on potholes |url=https://steelburgernews.co.za/280100/operation-thiba-declares-war-on-potholes/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Lowvelder |language=en-US}}

Mochadi was fired from the Executive Council on 23 March 2020, during Mathabatha's first cabinet reshuffle of the legislative term.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-23 |title=Limpopo premier Mathabatha shuffles provincial cabinet, axes Monica Mochadi |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/government/limpopo-premier-mathabatha-shuffles-provincial-cabinet-axes-monica-mochadi/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=The Citizen |language=en}} She remained an ordinary Member of the Provincial Legislature. However, at the next party elective conference in June 2022, she failed to gain re-election to the ANC Provincial Executive Committee.{{Cite web |last=Import |first=Pongrass |date=2022-06-10 |title=Smooth sailing at ANC Limpopo's 10th elective conference |url=https://reviewonline.co.za/?p=542880 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Review |language=en-US}}