Madoda Sambatha  Madoda Sambatha (born 22 October 1975) is a South African politician serving as the North West MEC for Health since 2018. He has served as a Member of the North West Provincial Legislature for the African National Congress (ANC) since 2014. He was the MEC for Public Works and Roads from 2014 to 2017. Sambatha is also the provincial secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Sambatha was born on 22 October 1975 in Kwangqondo, Engcobo, in the Cape Province, now the Eastern Cape. He attended Sentube Junior Primary School, Tshapile Junior Secondary School and graduated from Mzikayise Dalasile Senior Secondary School in 1995. Sambatha later found employment as a mineworker at the Mponeng Gold Mine in 1996. He then joined the National Union of Mineworkers. He was involved in the politics of Gauteng and the North West. In 2000, Sambatha was elected a councillor of the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng. He was appointed as the Mayoral Committee Member for Public Safety and served in the post until 2005. At the same time, he was elected as an ANC Youth League Regional Executive Committee member in the West Rand, before being elected a member of the youth league's regional executive in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda Region in the North West. In 2007, Sambatha was elected the provincial secretary of SACP in 2007. Sambatha was elected to the North West Provincial Legislature as an ANC representative in 2014. Premier Supra Mahumapelo appointed him as the MEC for Roads and Public Works. He took office on 27 May 2014. Mahumapelo removed Sambatha as MEC on 1 June 2017 due to allegations of him selling land illegally. His dismissal was speculated to have partisan undertones. Mmule Maluleke was appointed as his successor. In December 2018, newly elected premier Job Mokgoro named him the MEC for Health, succeeding long-serving Magome Masike. He was retained in the position following the 2019 general election. Sambatha is married to Phumza Sambatha; they have five children.