{{Short description|South African politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Ngconde Balfour |alt = |caption = |order = |office = High Commissioner to Botswana |president = |predecessor = |successor = |order2 = |office2 = Minister of Correctional Services |term_start2 = 29 April 2004 |term_end2 = 10 May 2009 |president2 = Thabo Mbeki |governor2 = |succeeding2 = |predecessor2 = Ben Skosana |successor2 = Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula |constituency2 = |majority2 = |order3 = |office3 = Minister of Sport and Recreation |term_start3 = 21 June 1999 |term_end3 = 28 April 2004 |predecessor3 = Steve Tshwete |successor3 = Makhenkesi Stofile |birth_name = Ngconde Mathemba Bryce Balfour |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|08|23}} |birth_place = kuNtselamanzi, Alice, Eastern Cape |death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> |death_place = |party = African National Congress |other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> |partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> |relations = |children = |alma_mater = |occupation = Teacher |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = |blank1 = |data1 = |blank2 = |data2 = |blank3 = |data3 = |blank4 = |data4 = |blank5 = |data5 = }}
'''Ngconde Mathemba Bryce Balfour''' (born 23 August 1954 in kuNtselamanzi, Alice, Eastern Cape<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr. Ngconde Balfour |url=http://www.sabinetlaw.co.za/mr-ngconde-balfour-0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421230739/http://www.sabinetlaw.co.za/mr-ngconde-balfour-0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2013 |website=www.sabinetlaw.co.za}}</ref>) is a South African politician and has served as Minister of Correctional Services and Minister of Sport.
==Early life and career== Balfour was born in the Eastern Cape and completed his schooling at Jabavu High School in the town of Alice. He went on to study at Lovedale College and Fort Hare University. After spending time as a political detainee, Balfour went into exile in Australia from 1989 to 1992. While in Australia, he attended Victoria 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 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.<ref>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=nw20080923184406171C229697 "Confusion rattles markets"], Sapa (''IOL''), 23 September 2008.</ref> He was retained in his post as the Cabinet announced on 25 September.<ref>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=iol122235793718M345 "SA's new Cabinet"], ''IOL'', 25 September 2008.</ref>
Balfour was appointed as South Africa's high commissioner to Botswana but resigned the position less than a year after the diplomatic posting.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/ngconde-balfour-resigns-from-diplomatic-post-1.488774#.UHwSwXk770w| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131216184724/http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/ngconde-balfour-resigns-from-diplomatic-post-1.488774| archive-date = 2013-12-16| title = Ngconde Balfour resigns from diplomatic post - Politics {{!}} IOL News {{!}} IOL.co.za}}</ref>
In 2011 it was announced that Balfour was taking over as the chairperson of Boxing South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ngconde Balfour is Calling the Shots Again |url=http://www.citypress.co.za/Sport/News/Ngconde-Balfour-is-calling-the-shots-again-20110827 |website=www.citypress.co.za}}</ref>
==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.<ref>[http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/Politics/1057/ff070dc5ede6490ea6a1fd543d4bdb7d/12-01-2010-03-22/Mansion_Prison_boss_suspended Mansion Prison boss suspended] ''News24''</ref> 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== {{reflist}}
{{SASportsMinisters}} {{SACorrectionalMinisters}} {{Thabo Mbeki cabinet 2}} {{Kgalema Motlanthe cabinet 1}}
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