Honourable Mxolisi Abraham Dukwana elected the Speaker of the Free State Legislature on the 26th of June 2024. He was born on the 14th of September 1964, in Odendaalsrus in the Free State Province. He is a modest and notable leader who takes great satisfaction in serving the public by means of his activism. One of his greatest passions is imparting his educational experience to encourage future generation. Hon. Dukwana completed his teacher’s training course at Mphohadi College in Kroonstad, before embarking on a teaching career, at Rearabetswe Secondary School at Kutlwanong, in Odendaalsrus from 1986 to 1993. In his formative years, Dukwana played a leading role in the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) activities in the 1980s. In 1994, at the beginning of the new democratic dispensation, he assumed the role of Commissioner for the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), an integrated, coherent socio-economic policy framework. The vision of the RDP seeks to mobilise all our people and our country's resources toward the final eradication of apartheid and the building of a democratic, non-racial, and non-sexist future. In 1996 he was appointed Member of Executive Council for Education, a post he held until 1998. This was followed by a year as the African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip of the majority party represented in the Free State Legislature. From 1999 until 2001, Dukwana became the Deputy Speaker of the Free State Legislature, serving in various committees in both the Legislature and the ANC. In 2001 he was elected as the Speaker of the Free State Legislature. Dukwana was elected as the ANC Provincial Treasurer in 2005 and re-elected in 2008. In January 2008, Dukwana was appointed as MEC for Community Safety and Transport. He was also a Board Member (Trustee) of the Political Office Bearers Pension Fund. In October 2008, Dukwana was appointed as MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs until February 2012. He served as MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), since October 2021, before being installed as the 7th Premier of the Free State Provincial Government in February 2023. Following a stint as Convenor of ANC Free State Interim Provincial Committee, Dukwana was elected the ANC Provincial Chairperson, the position he held from January 2023 to date. He has played a pivotal role in providing valuable testimony at the State Capture Commission, popularly known as the Zondo Commission, to unravel the extent of maladministration in the Free State.