Ofentse Jeremiah Mokae is a South African politician who has been a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces for the Northern Cape since 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance, Mokae was a councillor of the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality from 2016 to 2019 and then served as a member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature until 2024.

Mokae was born in Galeshewe, Kimberley.^[1] He matriculated from Thabane High School and went to study at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He holds a national diploma in journalism and a B-tech degree. Mokae is currently studying towards a diploma in local government from the University of Fort Hare.^[1]

Mokae joined the Congress of South African Students and was elected as the local secretary for the organisation's student body in the Sol Plaatje sub-region in 2006. While at university, he was active in both the South African Student Congress and the Students' Christian Organisation.^[1] In 2011, he joined the Democratic Alliance.^[1]

Mokae returned to Kimberley in 2013. He was appointed as a field worker for the DA.^[1] The DA also appointed him as a provincial youth coordinator and as a researcher at the provincial legislature.^[1] In 2014, Mokae participated in US President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative.^[1] In 2016, he was elected as a proportional representation councillor of the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality.^[1] At the age of 29, he was the youngest member of the DA's caucus.^[1]

In September 2019, the DA selected him to fill Allen Grootboom's seat in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature. He was sworn in on 11 September 2019.^[2]

Following the 2024 general election, Mokae was sworn in as a Member of the National Council of Provinces.^[3]

Mokae is an LGBT-activist.^[4]

• Mr Ofentse Mokae at Northern Cape Provincial Legislature