S'bu Ndebele

Sibusiso Joel "S'bu" Ndebele
Minister of Correctional Services
In office
12 June 2012 – 26 May 2014
PresidentJacob Zuma
Preceded byNosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Succeeded byMichael Masutha
Minister of Transport
In office
11 May 2009 – 12 June 2012
PresidentJacob Zuma
Preceded byJeff Radebe
Succeeded byBen Martins
4th Premier of KwaZulu-Natal
In office
23 April 2004 – 6 May 2009
MonarchGoodwill Zwelithini
Preceded byLionel Mtshali
Succeeded byZweli Mkhize
Personal details
Born
Sibusiso Joel Ndebele

(1948-10-17) 17 October 1948 (age 76)
Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of South Africa

Sibusiso Joel "S'bu" Ndebele (born 17 October 1948) is the former Minister of Correctional Services serving from 2012 to 2014.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] Current ambassador of South Africa to India, since 2019 and former High Commissioner of South Africa to Australia till 2016.

  1. ^ "Changes to National Executive and South African Police Service" (Press release). Government of South Africa. 12 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Meeting the new Minister of Transport, Minister Ndebele", roadsafety.co.za, 12 May 2009.
  3. ^ "S.Africa's Zuma makes sweeping changes to cabinet", AFP, 10 May 2009.