Ngoako Ramatlhodi (born 21 August 1955), a senior member of the African National Congress, was South Africa's Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2015[1][2] to March 2017.
Ramatlhodi claimed in 2017 that Eskom chairperson Ben Ngubane and chief executive Brian Molefe requested that he terminate Glencor's mining licenses in an apparent ruse to facilitate the sale of its Optimum coal mine to the Gupta family.
[5] His position was taken by a known Zuma ally, the then Free State economic development MEC Mosebenzi Zwane.
He was appointed Prime Minister of the Bapedi Nation in December 2024 by Her Majesty Queen Manyaku "Hlapogadi 'a Phaahle" Leganabatho II Thulare.
He is the first person to hold the office aimed at improving relations between government and the royal house and nation.