Belinda Bozzoli

Belinda Bozzoli
Shadow Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology
In office
5 June 2019 – 5 December 2020
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Mmusi Maimane
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byChantel King
Shadow Minister of Higher Education and Training
In office
5 June 2014 – 5 June 2019
LeaderMmusi Maimane
Preceded byAnnelie Lotriet
Succeeded byPosition dissolved
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
21 May 2014 – 5 December 2020
Personal details
Born17 December 1945
Johannesburg, South Africa
Died5 December 2020(2020-12-05) (aged 74)
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
SpouseCharles van Onselen
Children3, including Gareth van Onselen
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
University of Sussex

Belinda Bozzoli (17 December 1945 – 5 December 2020) was a South African author, academic, sociologist, and politician. She was deputy vice-chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand for a period from 2002, having headed its school of social sciences. In 2014 Bozzoli was elected a member of the South African parliament for the Democratic Alliance. From 2019 she served as Shadow Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology.