Ngconde Balfour | |
|---|---|
| High Commissioner to Botswana | |
| Minister of Correctional Services | |
| In office 29 April 2004 – 10 May 2009 | |
| President | Thabo Mbeki |
| 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 (1954-08-23)23 August 1954 (age 70) kuNtselamanzi,Alice, Eastern Cape |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Ngconde Mathemba Bryce Balfour (born 23 August 1954 in kuNtselamanzi,Alice, Eastern Cape[1]) is a South Africanpolitician and has served asMinister of Correctional Services and Minister of Sport.
Balfour was born in theEastern Cape and completed his schooling atJabavu High School in the town of Alice. He went on to study atLovedale College andFort Hare University. After spending time as a political detainee, Balfour went intoexile inAustralia from 1989 to 1992. While in Australia, he attendedVictoria University, Australia.
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 PresidentThabo 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]
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.