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Provincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns

Provincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns

Date
4 Nov 1996
Updated
22 Aug 2019
Provincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns

Following allegations of corruption and nepotism, Free State Provincial Premier Patrick "Terror" Lekota and the entire Provincial Executive Committee resigned. The African National Congress (ANC) was concerned that the Executive Committee was creating a sharp division within the provincial leadership of the party. First vice-President Thabo Mbeki endorsed Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri as Lekota's successor. Click here to read more on the controversy surrounding Lekota and his Executive Committee's resignation. Sources: Books: Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997, Greenwood: London, p. 552. Links:

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Provincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013297

South African History Online (2011) 'Provincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013297 (Accessed: 7 September 2026).

South African History Online, Provincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013297, (accessed 7 September 2026).

"Provincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013297. Accessed 7 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Provincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013297.

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