Miriam Segabutla
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Miriam Segabutla | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Health and Social Development | |
| In office 6 May 2009 – 28 January 2011 | |
| Premier | Cassel Mathale |
| Preceded by | Seaparo Sekoati |
| Succeeded by | Dikeledi Magadzi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 or 1961 (age 65–66)[1] |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Party | African National Congress |
Miriam Reshoketsoe Keneiloe Segabutla (born 1960 or 1961)[1] is a South African politician who served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health and Social Development from May 2009 to January 2011 during the premiership of Cassel Mathale. In 2013, she was charged with fraud and corruption in connection with contracts that her department had tendered during her time as MEC. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and served on the party's National Executive Committee from 2012 to 2017.
In the 2009 general election, Segabutla was ranked 24th on the ANC's provincial party list and secured election to a seat in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature.[2] After the election, on 6 May 2009, newly elected Premier Cassel Mathale announced that she would join the Limpopo Executive Council as MEC for Health and Social Development, replacing Seaparo Sekoati.[3] She served in that office until 28 January 2011, when she was removed in a cabinet reshuffle and replaced by Dikeledi Magadzi.[4]
Later in 2011, President Jacob Zuma appointed Segabutla as South Africa's Ambassador to Cuba. She resigned from the Limpopo Provincial Legislature and embarked upon a diplomatic training course in Pretoria.[5] The following year, at the ANC's 53rd National Conference in Mangaung in December 2012, Segabutla was elected to a five-year term as a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee; by number of votes received, she ranked 73rd of the 80 ordinary members elected.[6] She later worked as a chief director in the national Department of International Relations and Cooperation.[7]