Ngconde Balfour
Ngconde Balfour | |
|---|---|
| High Commissioner to Botswana | |
| Minister of Correctional Services | |
| In office 29 April 2004 – 10 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ben Skosana |
| Succeeded by | Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula |
| Minister of Sport and Recreation | |
| In office 21 June 1999 – 28 April 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Tshwete |
| Succeeded by | Makhenkesi Stofile |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ngconde Mathemba Bryce Balfour 23 August 1954 kuNtselamanzi, Alice, Eastern Cape |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Ngconde Mathemba Bryce Balfour (born 23 August 1954 in kuNtselamanzi,
Early life and career
Balfour was born in the
Balfour has been a South African Member of Parliament since 1996 and was appointed as Minister of Correctional Services on 29 April 2004.
Following the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki in September 2008, Balfour was one of ten ministers who submitted their resignations on 23 September, although it was subsequently announced that he might be willing to remain in his post.[2] He was retained in his post as the Cabinet announced on 25 September.[3]
Balfour was appointed as South Africa's high commissioner to Botswana but resigned the position less than a year after the diplomatic posting.[4]
In 2011 it was announced that Balfour was taking over as the chairperson of Boxing South Africa.[5]
Woodhill golf estate
Balfour's wife Thozama Mqobi-Balfour, Correctional Services regional commissioner for Gauteng, was suspended pending the outcome of a disciplinary process for renting a house in the Woodhill golf estate in Pretoria for some R30,000 a month despite having the use of an official residence.[6] She was also named by Auditor-General Terence Nombembe as one of 49 government officials who benefited from government contracts worth R74m. Fellow National commissioner Xoliswa Sibeko was also suspended for renting a home in the same golf estate for R35,000 a month.
References
- ^ "Mr. Ngconde Balfour". www.sabinetlaw.co.za.[dead link]
- ^ "Confusion rattles markets", Sapa (IOL), 23 September 2008.
- ^ "SA's new Cabinet", IOL, 25 September 2008.
- ^ "Ngconde Balfour resigns from diplomatic post - Politics | IOL News | IOL.co.za". Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
- ^ "Ngconde Balfour is Calling the Shots Again". www.citypress.co.za.
- ^ Mansion Prison boss suspended News24