He was formerly the Mayor of Mamusa Local Municipality in the North West.
However, Motswana refused to resign, alleging that he was being targeted for remaining a supporter of Supra Mahumapelo.
[5][1] Motswana remained in the mayoral office until the 2019 general election,[5] when he was ranked 21st on the ANC's provincial party list and secured a seat in the North West Provincial Legislature.
[6] On 31 January 2021, the ANC announced that he and four other ANC legislators would be suspended from the party for defying an instruction from Chief Whip Paul Sebegoe; the incident in question had occurred during a session of the legislature in which Priscilla Williams was elected the Chairperson of Committees, beating the ANC's preferred candidate Lenah Miga, and Motswana and the others had reportedly voted to conduct the election by secret ballot, in defiance of an ANC instruction to the caucus.
[7][8] However, Motswana's suspension was terminated when the party leadership failed to serve disciplinary charges against them within the timelines set out in the ANC constitution.