# Violet Mathye

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{{Short description|South African politician (born 1967)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office1          = [Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Transport and Community Safety](/source/Limpopo_Executive_Council)
| premier1         = [Phophi Ramathuba](/source/Phophi_Ramathuba)
| term_start1      = 20 June 2024
| term_end1        =
| predecessor1     = [Florence Radzilani](/source/Florence_Radzilani)
| successor1       = 
| term_start2      = 21 May 2014
| office2          = [Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature](/source/Limpopo_Provincial_Legislature)
| honorific_suffix = [MPL](/source/Member_of_the_Provincial_Legislature)
| party            = [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress)
| citizenship      = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1967|09|12|df=y}} 
}}

'''Susani Violet Mathye''' (born 12 November 1967) is a [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)n politician who has represented the [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress) (ANC) in the [Limpopo Provincial Legislature](/source/Limpopo_Provincial_Legislature) since 2014. She was first elected to the provincial legislature in the [2014 general election](/source/2014_South_African_general_election), ranked 26th on the ANC's provincial party list.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Susani Violet Mathye |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/susani-violet-mathye/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=People's Assembly |language=en}}</ref> She was ranked 14th upon her re-election in the [2019 general election](/source/2019_South_African_general_election).<ref name=":0" />

Simultaneously, Mathye served as Regional Deputy Chairperson of the ANC's branch in [Mopani](/source/Mopani_District_Municipality) between 2013 and 2021. She was elected comfortably to the position in November 2013, beating Norman Machete with 102 votes against Machete's 66,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Import |first=Pongrass |date=2013-11-25 |title=Sekoati comes out on top at Mopani conference |url=https://reviewonline.co.za/360805/sekoati-comes-out-on-top-at-mopani-conference/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Polokwane Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> and she was re-elected in September 2017.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Import |first=Pongrass |date=2017-09-14 |title=Shayi elected ANC regional chairperson |url=https://letabaherald.co.za/42939/shayi-elected-anc-regional-chairperson-2/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Letaba Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> She deputised Regional Chairpersons [Seaparo Sekoati](/source/Seaparo_Sekoati) (from 2013 to 2017) and [Pule Shayi](/source/Pule_Shayi) from (2017 to 2021).<ref name=":1" /> At the party's next regional elective conference in June 2021, Mathye did not stand for re-election and was succeeded by Gerson Molapisane.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2021 |title=Pule, Goodman elected unopposed |url=https://mopaninewssa.co.za/?p=1301 |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Mopani News |language=en-US}}</ref> She was also elected to two consecutive four-year terms on the [Limpopo](/source/Limpopo) ANC's [Provincial Executive Committee](/source/Provincial_Executive_Committees_of_the_African_National_Congress) in June 2018<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-26 |title=Additionals on ANC's new provincial executive announced |url=https://reviewonline.co.za/484195/additionals-on-ancs-new-provincial-executive-announced/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Polokwane Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> and June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Import |first=Pongrass |date=2022-06-10 |title=Smooth sailing at ANC Limpopo's 10th elective conference |url=https://reviewonline.co.za/?p=542880 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Review |language=en-US}}</ref>

Having been re-elected to the Provincial Legislature in the 2024 general election, Mathye was named to the [Limpopo Executive Council](/source/Limpopo_Executive_Council); her portfolio being Transport and Community Safety.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramathuba shakes up Limpopo provincial cabinet |url=https://www.jacarandafm.com/news/news/ramathuba-shakes-limpopo-provincial-cabinet/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Jacaranda FM}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{People's Assembly (South Africa)|susani-violet-mathye|Ms Susani Violet Mathye}}
{{Members of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature}}

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Category:African National Congress politicians
Category:21st-century South African politicians
Category:21st-century South African women politicians
Category:Women members of provincial legislatures of South Africa
Category:1967 births

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