Sfiso Buthelezi

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| order = Deputy Minister of Finance

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| term_start = April 2017

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| birth_name = Sfiso Norbert Buthelezi

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961}}

| birth_place = Mahlabathini, KwaZulu-Natal

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| party = African National Congress

| alma_mater = University of Cape Town

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Sfiso Norbert Buthelezi (born 1961) is a South African politician and member of the National Assembly of South Africa.{{cite web |title=Mr Norbert Sfiso Buthelezi - Parliament of South Africa |url=https://www.parliament.gov.za/person-details/513 |website=Parliament of the Republic of South Africa |access-date=22 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=Sfiso Buthelezi, Mr |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/sfiso-buthelezi-mr |website=South African Government |access-date=22 September 2023}} He is a member of the country's ruling party, the African National Congress.{{cite web |title=Sfiso Buthelezi, Mr |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/sfiso-buthelezi-mr |website=South African Government |access-date=22 September 2023}}

Early life

Buthelezi was born in Mahlabathini, KwaZulu-Natal, in 1961.{{cite web |title=Sfiso Norbert Buthelezi |url=https://www.pa.org.za/person/sfiso-norbert-buthelezi/ |website=People's Assembly |language=en}}

In 1981, at the age of 20, Buthelezi joined uMkhonto we Sizwe, the former paramilitary wing of the African National Congress.{{cite web |last1=Nowicki |first1=Lucas |title=Sfiso Buthelezi, the MP who derailed Prasa |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-11-10-sfiso-buthelezi-the-mp-who-derailed-prasa/ |website=Daily Maverick |access-date=22 September 2023 |language=en |date=10 November 2021}} He was arrested in 1983 and imprisoned at Robben Island prison for eight years until his release in 1991.{{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Setumo |title=The man who would be Jonas |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/the-man-who-would-be-jonas-20160319 |website=City Press}}

Career

From 1994 to 1999, Buthelezi served as an economic advisor to Jacob Zuma, who at that time was the member of the Executive Council for economic development in KwaZulu-Natal.{{cite web |title=Sfiso Buthelezi, Mr |url=https://www.gov.za/about-government/contact-directory/sfiso-buthelezi-mr |website=South African Government}}{{cite web |last1=Nowicki |first1=Lucas |title=Sfiso Buthelezi, the MP who derailed Prasa |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-11-10-sfiso-buthelezi-the-mp-who-derailed-prasa/ |website=Daily Maverick |language=en |date=10 November 2021}} He was also an adviser to Mathews Phosa during his premiership in Mpumalanga.{{cite news|website=www.dailymaverick.co.za|access-date=2023-09-25|title=State Capture-implicated Sfiso Buthelezi sat on ANC deployment committee |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-01-06-state-capture-implicated-sfiso-buthelezi-sat-on-anc-deployment-committee/}}

In 1999, he became the Chief Operating Officer of Makana Investment Corporation.{{cite web |last1=Nowicki |first1=Lucas |title=Sfiso Buthelezi, the MP who derailed Prasa |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-11-10-sfiso-buthelezi-the-mp-who-derailed-prasa/ |website=Daily Maverick |language=en |date=10 November 2021}} That same year, then president Thabo Mbeki appointed him as the founding chairperson of the National Gambling Board.{{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Setumo |title=The man who would be Jonas |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/the-man-who-would-be-jonas-20160319 |website=City Press}}

In 2005, Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe appointed Buthelezi to the board of the South African Rail Commuter Corporation (SARCC), later renamed the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), with Buthelezi serving as the first chairperson of PRASA from 2009 to 2014.{{cite web |last1=Nowicki |first1=Lucas |title=Sfiso Buthelezi, the MP who derailed Prasa |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-11-10-sfiso-buthelezi-the-mp-who-derailed-prasa/ |website=Daily Maverick |language=en |date=10 November 2021}}

Buthelezi was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Finance in April 2017, following a cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma, removing Pravin Gordhan as Minister of Finance and Mcebisi Jonas as Deputy Minister of Finance.{{Cite news |author=Herman, Paul |title=Former Prasa board chair Sfiso Buthelezi named deputy finance minister |work=News24 |date=31 March 2017 |url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/former-prasa-board-chairperson-sfiso-buthelezi-named-deputy-finance-minister-20170331 |access-date=7 March 2018}}

After Zuma resigned as President on 14 February 2018, his successor Cyril Ramaphosa reshuffled his cabinet, moving Buthelezi to the position of Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.{{cite web |last1=Plessis |first1=Carien du |title=Cabinet Reshuffle: SA government gets a full makeover |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-02-27-cabinet-reshuffle-sa-government-gets-a-full-makeover/ |website=Daily Maverick |language=en |date=27 February 2018}}

References

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|refs={{Cite news |title=Meet Sfiso Buthelezi, S.A's new Deputy Finance Minister |work=CNBC |date=31 March 2017 |url=https://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/financial/2017/03/31/meet-sfiso-buthelezi-s-new-deputy-finance-minister/ |access-date=7 March 2018}}

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