Essob Mmanoko Mokgonyana, sometimes misspelled Essop Mokgonyane, is a South African politician and trade unionist who has served as Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2019.
He previously chaired the Limpopo branch of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), an ANC ally, from 2012 to 2019.
Mokgonyana gained prominence as a regional leader of COSATU and the affiliated National Union of Mineworkers[1][2] in Limpopo province.
[7] After the election, on 11 July 2019, the legislature appointed him to succeed Falaza Mdaka as Majority Chief Whip.
[8] After his election to the legislative office, Mokgonyana vacated the COSATU chairmanship and he was succeeded in that capacity by Calvin Tshamano later in July.