Thabo Meeko

{{Short description|South African politician}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Member of the Free State Executive Council for Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs

| premier = Mxolisi Dukwana

| term_start = 14 March 2023

| term_end = 14 June 2024

| predecessor = Makalo Mohale

| successor = Office abolished

| office1 = Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature

| termstart1 = 21 May 2014

| party = African National Congress

| citizenship = South Africa

| honorific_suffix =

}}

Thabo Piet Meeko is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature from 2014 until 2024. He was first elected to the provincial legislature in the 2014 general election, ranked 15th on the ANC's provincial party list, and he was re-elected in the 2019 general election, ranked 16th.{{Cite web |title=Thabo Piet Meeko |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/thabo-piet-meeko/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}} During that period he has also served as spokesperson for the ANC's Free State branch.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-11 |title=More ANC legal woes |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2017-10-11-more-anc-legal-woes/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |date=2020-05-21 |title=Controversy surrounds former mayor |url=https://mg.co.za/politics/2020-05-21-controversy-surrounds-former-mayor/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |last=Masuabi |first=Queenin |date=3 June 2021 |title=New ANC leadership in the Free State apologises to community for expelling anti-graft councillors |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/politics/new-anc-leadership-in-the-free-state-apologises-to-community-for-expelling-anti-graft-councillors-20210603 |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=City Press |language=en-US}}

In March 2023, Meeko was appointed as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs.{{Cite web |last=OFM |title=Dukwana's Exco: Out with the old, in with the new |url=https://www.ofm.co.za/article/centralsa/322609/dukwanas-exco-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=OFM}} He left the provincial legislature at the 2024 general election.