Benny Malakoane | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Free State Executive Council for Agriculture and Rural Development | |
| In office May 2018 – May 2019 | |
| Premier | Sisi Ntombela |
| Preceded by | Oupa Khoabane |
| Succeeded by | William Bulwane |
| Member of the Free State Executive Council for Economic and Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs | |
| In office October 2016 – May 2018 | |
| Premier | Ace Magashule |
| Preceded by | Sam Mashinini |
| Succeeded by | Limakatso Mahasa |
| Member of the Free State Executive Council for Health | |
| In office March 2013 – October 2016 | |
| Premier | Ace Magashule |
| Preceded by | Fezi Ngumbentombi |
| Succeeded by | Butana Komphela |
| Member of the Free State Executive Council for Tourism, Environmental and Economic Affairs | |
| In office May 2004 – April 2005 | |
| Premier | Beatrice Marshoff |
| Preceded by | Sakhiwo Belot |
| Succeeded by | Neo Masithela |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kroonstad, Orange Free State South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Alma mater | Medunsa (MBChB) University of the Free State (PhD) |
Benjamin "Benny" Malakoane is a South African politician and medical doctor who served in the Free State Executive Council from 2004 to 2005 and from 2013 to 2019. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he dropped out of the Executive Council after failing to gain re-election to the Free State Provincial Legislature in the 2019 general election.
Malakoane was best known for his tenure as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health from 2013 to 2016, in which capacity he faced continuous opposition from the Treatment Action Campaign. Between 2013 and 2018, he also faced criminal charges in connection with alleged procurement corruption at Matjhabeng Local Municipality, where Malakoane served as municipal manager from 2007 to 2010 during a hiatus from legislative politics.