Aaron Motswana
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Aaron Motswana | |
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| Member of the North West Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
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| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Party | African National Congress |
Aaron Motswana is a South African politician who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the North West Provincial Legislature since 2019. He was formerly the Mayor of Mamusa Local Municipality in the North West.
Motswana was elected to the North West ANC's Provincial Executive Committee in 2015, under the leadership of ANC Provincial Chairperson Supra Mahumapelo,[1] and he was elected Mayor of Mamusa in August 2016 after the 2016 local elections.[2] His term on the Provincial Executive Committee ended prematurely when the national party leadership disbanded the committee in mid-2018, and he was among the committee members who attempted to challenge the decision in court.[3][4] In December 2018, the ANC announced that it would ask Motswana to resign as Mayor of Mamusa "in the interest of public confidence" in the ANC. However, Motswana refused to resign, alleging that he was being targeted for remaining a supporter of Supra Mahumapelo.[5][1]