Ms Mtsweni-Tsipane is currently serving as the 5th Premier of Mpumalanga. She succeeded former Premier David Mabuza after he was appointed Deputy President of South Africa.
Ms Mtshweni-Tsipane was born in Emalahleni in the Mpumalanga Province.
She matriculated at the Hlabirwa Commercial School in Limpopo in 1990. Following matriculation, she enrolled for a National Diploma in Human Resources Management at the Tshwane University of Technology, graduating in 1993.
Ms Mtshweni-Tsipane completed a Management Development Programme from the University of Pretoria as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Governance from the University of the Witwatersrand School of Business.
