Supra Mahumapelo
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Supra Mahumapelo | |
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| 5th Premier of North West | |
| In office 21 May 2014 – 23 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Thandi Modise |
| Succeeded by | Wendy Nelson (acting) Job Mokgoro |
| Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 3 April 2012 – 6 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Nono Maloyi |
| Succeeded by | Sussana Dantjie |
| Member of the North West Provincial Legislature | |
| In office February 2012 – 22 June 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Supra Bokeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo 7 June 1968 |
| Party | African National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Kule Mahumapelo Christina Kgari |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Technikon Northern Transvaal University of South Africa University of Port Elizabeth |
Supra Obakeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo (born 7 June 1968) is a South African politician and singer who was Premier of North West from May 2014 to May 2018 during the 5th North West Provincial Legislature. He formerly served as Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature from April 2012 to May 2014.[1]
Mahumapelo was the Provincial Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the North West from 2005 to 2009 and its Provincial Chairperson from 2011 to 2018.[2] He resigned as Premier in May 2018 amid violent protests calling for his resignation.
Supra Mahumapelo was born on 7 June 1968 in Manamolelo outside Delareyville in the Western Transvaal. His mother, Agnes Matlakala Bereng, was a domestic worker who worked in Klerksdorp and later in Helderkruin, Roodepoort. She was forced by her son to leave her domestic work in 1995. His father, Stephen Kalagongwe Mahumapelo, was an entrepreneur in Saulspoort near Rustenburg. Mahumapelo was the herd boy of his village.
He started his schooling at Marotse Primary School and later attended Tlotlego Middle School in the Atamelang township. He spent his high school years in Phatshima High School in Atamelang and matriculated at Kgamanyane High School in Moruleng.
After matric, Mahumapelo went to the former Transvaal Northern Technikon and obtained a National Diploma in Commercial Practice (NDCom). At the University of South Africa, he then did a Certificate in Public Finance and Economics. He then obtained his master's degree in Political Economy at the University of Port Elizabeth.[3]