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Limpopo MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture Onicca Moloi has officially resigned after she posted messages on Facebook which were deemed “insulting” to ANC leaders in the province.
Premier Stan Mathabatha confirmed on Tuesday that Moloi’s resignation was effective immediately.
In a statement, Mathabatha praised Moloi for her “sterling performance” as an MEC.
“Although we wished her to stay longer, we wish her good luck in her future endeavours and hope she will perform her duties with the same energy she did when deployed in government,” Mathabatha said.
Moloi posted on Facebook last Monday just after the ANC provincial conference held in Polokwane.
She suffered a major blow after she was not elected to the executive committee.
In one message she indicated she would tender her resignation and return the “blue lights” by Friday.
She posted: “Dear Masana bishops ... Don’t worry, we will send our resignation letters and hand over your so-called ‘blue lights’ by Friday to make your job easy. We didn’t join the ANC for blue lights ... Yours Onicca Moloi.”
Masana is the name of a popular lodge in Polokwane in which senior leaders of ANC structures hang out.
It is believed Moloi got wind that she was the subject of a discussion at the lodge.
Moloi later posted another message: “Hehehe ... Thina we know our sins. We refused to be summoned to late meetings. We refused to be told what to write on Facebook, who to greet, which party to go to and what should be our views on the regional politics of Peter Mokaba.
“But the question is why didn’t they nominate them? Those who were part and parcel of their night meetings. Those who were planning our downfall with them. Kera lena bo mmamoratwa ba masana!!! Ke polotiki nthwe! You kill with a sword, you die with a sword! Kwaa!!”
Mathabatha has appointed Treasury MEC Rob Tooley as acting MEC for Sports, Arts and Culture until Moloi’s position is permanently filled.
Mathabatha also needs to replace late Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Joyce Mashamba, who was buried on Saturday.
- Additional reporting by News24
