ANC therefore removed Motshekga as Chief Whip on 20 June 2013, replacing him with Stone Sizani. Legislator: 2013–2022 At a later date, after his removal as Chief Whip, Motshekga was in any case co-opted onto the ANC NEC. At the party's 54th National Conference in December 2017, he was democratically elected to another five-year term on the body, although he was not nominated to stand for re-election at the 55th National Conference in December 2022. Simultaneously, Motshekga remained an ordinary Member of Parliament, and he was re-elected to his seat in 2014 and 2019. In addition, in 2014 he was appointed to represent the ANC as an NA delegate to the Judicial Service Commission. He served on a number of parliamentary committees, including as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services (from June 2014 to August 2018) and Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament (from August 2018 to May 2019). He publicly criticised President Jacob Zuma towards the end of Zuma's presidential term, and he was subsequently viewed as a supporter of Zuma's successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa. Balobedu royal family By the time of the inauguration of Makobo Modjadji VI as Rain Queen in 2003, Motshekga was an adviser to the royal family of Limpopo's Balobedu people. After Makobo Modjadji died in 2005, Motshekga raised her only daughter, Princess Masalanabo Modjadji, who at the time of the queen's death was still an infant. This led to a custody battle and ultimately to a rift with the royal family: in 2019, the family accused Motshekga of attempting to turn the princess against them and "hijack" the throne. In 2022, Motshekga took the family to court in a bid to challenge the coronation of Masalanabo's brother, Prince Lukukela, as Balobedu monarch; he claimed that Masalanabo was the rightful heir to the throne. Personal life Motshekga believes in a religion which he calls Karaism and describes as an indigenous African religion. He is married to Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga, with whom he has a son, Kabelo, and grandchildren. References External link 1949 births Living people People from Limpopo Northern Sotho people African National Congress politicians Premiers of Gauteng Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 20th-century South African lawyers 21st-century South African lawyers University of South Africa alumni Harvard Law School alumni