Sibusiso Ndebele
| Sibusiso Joel "S'bu" Ndebele | |
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| Minister of Correctional Services | |
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In office 12 June 2012 – 26 May 2014 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula |
| Succeeded by | Michael Masutha (As Minister of Justice and Correctional Development) |
| Minister of Transport | |
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In office 11 May 2009 – 12 June 2012 |
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| Monarch | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Jeff Radebe |
| Succeeded by | Ben Martins |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 October 1948 Rorke's Drift, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa |
Sibusiso Joel "S'bu" Ndebele (born 17 October 1948, Rorke's Drift, KwaZulu-Natal), is the former Minister of Correctional Services serving from 2012-2014. He has been on the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) since 1997, and was the Provincial Chair of the ANC from 1998 to 2008.
From 1994 to 2004 he was the MEC for Transport in the government of KwaZulu-Natal province. From 2004 to 2009 he was the Premier of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. From 2009 to 2012 he was the national Minister of Transport.
He attended primary school at Makhaseneni, near Melmoth, and matriculated from Eshowe Teachers’ Training and High School in Eshowe.
He obtained a degree in library science from the University of Zululand in 1972, a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Politics and African Politics from the University of South Africa in 1983, and an honours degree in Development Administration and Politics in 1985.
He was publicity secretary of the South African Students Organisation at the University of Zululand (1972). Shortly thereafter, in 1974, he joined the African National Congress underground and went into exile in Swaziland. He was arrested for ANC activities in May 1976 and was sentenced to ten years on Robben Island in June 1977.
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