David Makhura

David Makhura
Makhura in March 2019
6th Premier of Gauteng
In office 21 May 2014 – 5 October 2022
Preceded by	Nomvula Mokonyane
Succeeded by	Panyaza Lesufi
Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress in Gauteng
In office 21 July 2018 – 27 June 2022
Deputy	Panyaza Lesufi
Preceded by	Paul Mashatile
Succeeded by	Panyaza Lesufi
Party offices 2001–2018 Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the African National Congress in Gauteng In office 4 October 2014 – 21 July 2018 Chairperson Paul Mashatile Preceded by Gwen Ramokgopa Succeeded by Panyaza Lesufi Provincial Secretary of the African National Congress in Gauteng In office November 2001 – 4 October 2014 Deputy Mandla Nkomfe Humphrey Mmemezi Chairperson Sam Shilowa Paul Mashatile Preceded by Obed Bapela Succeeded by Hope Papo
Personal details
Born	Manemolla David Makhura (1968-02-22) 22 February 1968 (age 57) Mara Buysdorp, Northern Transvaal South Africa
Political party	African National Congress
Spouse	Mpho Makhura
Alma mater	University of the North University of London

Manemolla David Makhura (born 22 February 1968) is a South African politician who served as the sixth Premier of Gauteng from May 2014 to October 2022. Since his resignation from that office, he has worked as head of political education for his political party, the African National Congress (ANC). He was elected to a five-year term on the ANC National Executive Committee in December 2022.

Born and educated in Limpopo, Makhura entered politics as a student activist and was the president of the South African Students Congress from 1994 to 1996. Between 1998 and 2001, while also serving as a member of the national executive of the ANC Youth League, he was the deputy general secretary of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union. He rose to national prominence as the provincial secretary of the Gauteng branch of the ANC, a position he held continuously between November 2001 and October 2014.

He became Premier of Gauteng after the May 2014 general election and was elected to a second term after the May 2019 general election. His administration's policy platform emphasized economic modernisation and growth, notably through its programme of revitalising the township economy. However, his tenure also coincided with various controversies in the provincial healthcare sector, including the Life Esidimeni tragedy of 2016 and, in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, a series of scandals related to corruption in healthcare procurement.

While serving as premier, Makhura served as the ANC's provincial chairperson from July 2018 to June 2022. However, he did not seek a second term as provincial chairperson in June 2022; instead he resigned from the premiership in October of that year so that Panyaza Lesufi, who had succeeded him in his ANC office, could take over the government office too. Shortly thereafter he was elected to the ANC National Executive Committee and recruited to full-time party work at Luthuli House, where he is the ANC's head of political education, its head of coalition governance, and the principal of its political school, the O. R. Tambo School of Leadership.