Mohita Latchminarain

Mohita Latchminarain (née Singh; born 28 August 1988) is a South African politician from Mpumalanga who served as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport from February 2021 until October 2022.

[3] On 24 February 2021, premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane reshuffled the provincial executive council and appointed Latchminarain as the MEC (Member of the Executive Council) responsible for the provincial Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport.

She obtained her Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree at the University of South Africa in 2010 at the age of 21.

In November 2019, Mahendra wrote a letter to premier Mtsweni-Tsipane, in which he accused Mohita of having an affair with the deputy speaker of the legislature, Vusi Mkhatshwa.

He soon after apologised and said that he regretted not verifying the screenshot of the fake text messages between Mohita and Mkhatshwa.