Mohita Latchminarain
Mohita Latchminarain is a South African politician from Mpumalanga who served as the Member of the Executive Council for the Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport from February 2021 until October 2022. She has been a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since May 2019. Latchminarain is a member of the governing African National Congress.
Political career
A member of the African National Congress, Latchminarain was elected to the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature in the 2019 provincial election as the ANC retained its majority. On 22 May 2019, she was sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature. Latchminarain was then elected to serve on multiple committees.On 24 February 2021, premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane reshuffled the provincial executive council and appointed Latchminarain as the MEC responsible for the provincial Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport. She was sworn in later that day and took over from Gillion Mashego, who was dismissed as an MEC. The Democratic Alliance welcomed her appointment.
On 7 October 2022, Latchminarain was dropped from the executive council. Cogta MEC Mandla Ndlovu succeeded her as Public Works, Roads and Transport MEC.