The red berets' party leader and provincial chairperson, Mapheule Liphoko, submitted the motion of no confidence against the premier on Monday,  3 July 2023. A source in the upper echelons has confirmed this. Dukwana is the first premier to face a motion of confidence in the Legislature since former Premier Ace Magashule in 2018.

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Office of the Premier and Free State Legislature are yet to comment. The Free State Chairperson of the ANC Provincial Executive Committee, Mxolisi Dukwana, has been duly elected as the new premier by Members of the Provincial Legislature on Friday, 24 February 2023.

In February 2023, Dukwana was duly elected as the premier after he received 17 votes from 24 which were cast during the election via a secret ballot. He defeated opposition party leader Roy Jankielsohn, who received seven votes.

A total of 27 of the 30 members of the Provincial Legislature voted whilst three EFF members abstained. Two members – including the MEC for Transport William Bulwane and an EFF member – were not present in the House.

Dukwana's election as the premier comes after ousted premier Sisi Ntombela resigned on Tuesday, 21 February 2023 after the ANC PEC, led by Dukwana, redeployed her.

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