The leader of Mpumalanga's Mathibela Tribal Authority, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament from 1994 to 2009.
Born on 23 March 1957,[1] Mokoena is the leader of the Mathibela Tribal Authority in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Mpumalanga.
[6][7] In that capacity, he was a firm opponent of the Customary Initiation Bill, an attempt by Parliament to regulate customary initiation schools; among other things, he objected to the inclusion of women on the proposed oversight committees, which he said would be "to us Africans... an insult".
[9] In the next general election in 1999, he was elected to an ANC seat in the National Council of Provinces; he served the constituency of Limpopo, which at the time was called the Northern Province and was inclusive of Bushbuckridge.
[10] He served two terms in the National Council of Provinces, gaining re-election in 2004.