He previously served as MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management from 2014 to 2016, before spending two years as an ordinary Member of the North West Provincial Legislature from 2016 to 2018.
In December 2018, he returned to the Executive Council as the MEC for Public Works and Roads He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC).
[3][5] He returned to the Executive Council under Mahumapelo's successor, Job Mokgoro, who appointed him MEC for Department of Public Works and Roads in a reshuffle announced on 6 December 2018.
[6][7] After the 2019 general election, in which Molapisi was ranked 19th on the ANC's party list,[3] Mokgoro reappointed him to the same portfolio in his new Executive Council.
[2][8] In August 2022, Molapisi was elected to the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's branch in the North West.