Tebogo Job Mokgoro (born 15 May 1948) is a South African politician and academic who served as the 6th Premier of North West from June 2018 until his resignation in August 2021.
During his tenure as Director-General, he was regarded as a disciplinarian, due to him patrolling the provincial government offices to make sure that no employee was leaving early on Friday afternoons.
[9] After the 2019 general elections, speculations arose that Mokgoro was due to be replaced as Premier because of ANC factional disputes in the province.
[13] In April 2021 Mail & Guardian reported that Mokgoro had refused to abide by an instruction supported by President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign.
[14] On 30 June 2021, Mail & Guardian reported that the national working committee of the ANC had directed the IPC to give them the names of three people to replace Mokgoro as premier by the end of the week.
[17] On 26 August 2021, Mokgoro resigned as premier of the North West Province after he met with ANC president Ramaphosa.
He took the test after the provincial MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs, Gordon Kegakilwe, died from complications of the virus.