[2] In July 1996, the first post-apartheid president, Nelson Mandela, appointed her to a five-year term as chairperson of the National Youth Commission.
[1] In 2001, she was a prominent supporter of David Makhura's unsuccessful campaign to unseat Malusi Gigaba as ANC Youth League President.
[5] She subsequently worked in public administration in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and as a management consultant in the private sector.
[7] At the ANC's 55th National Conference in December 2022, Motsiri was elected to a five-year term on the party's National Executive Committee (NEC); by number of votes received, she was ranked 70th of the 80 candidates elected, receiving 1,038 votes across the 4,029 ballots cast in total.
She will serve in the position, a full-time job based out of Luthuli House, until the NEC's term ends in 2027.