Ramathlodi resigns as MP following reshuffle
Ramatlhodi last week expressed his regret at helping propel Zuma to power, according to media reports.
POLOKWANE – Former Limpopo Premier and Minister of Mineral Resources Ngoako Ramathlodi resigned as an ANC Member of Parliament following his ditching last month by President Jacob Zuma.
He was the Minister of Public Service and Administration.
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His resignation was confirmed by the office of ANC Chief Whip, Jackson Mthembu.
Ramathlodi followed in the footsteps of three other Ministers who were axed, namely Dipuo Peters‚ Tina Joemat-Pettersson and deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jona‚ who all resigned last week.
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Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi was born in August 1955 at Tauyatswala, a small village near Polokwane.
His father was a mineworker and his mother a housewife. After completing his secondary education at Tembisa High School he decided to enrol for law studies at the then University of the North, now
the University of Limpopo in 2003.
Ramatlhodi served as Mineral Resources Minister before he was replaced in 2015 by Mosebenzi Zwane in a previous reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma and redeployed to the Public Service and Administration portfolio.
