2019. Premier Job Mokgoro named him the member of the Executive Council responsible for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs. Death On 5 July 2020, Kegakilwe was admitted to a medical facility in Vryburg after testing positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. He was transferred to a Klerksdorp hospital on 6 July but, due to complications from the virus, he suffered cardiac arrest and died. He was 53 years old. Various politicians, including national Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Human Settlements minister Lindiwe Sisulu, paid tribute to Kegakilwe. He is survived by his wife and six children. References External links Mothibedi Gordon Kegakilwe – People's Assembly 1967 births 2020 deaths 21st-century South African politicians African National Congress politicians Members of the North West Provincial Legislature University of the Free State alumni University of the Witwatersrand alumni Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa