David Mkhwanazi

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David Mkhwanazi
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David Mkhwanazi in 2024
Born (1951-06-16) 16 June 1951 (age 73)
Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Alma materTechnikon South Africa (now University of South Africa)
OccupationPolitician
SpouseCynthia Mkhwanazi
ChildrenWilson Mkhwanazi, Wanda Mkhwanazi, David Mkhwanazi
MotherJane Kubheka

David Sunnyboy Mkhwanazi, (also known as DS Mkhwanazi; born 16 June 1951), is a South African politician who served both in the KaNgwane government and post-Apartheid government. He served in Mathews Phosa's first Mpumalanga government, appointed the MEC for the Department of Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2009 and was subsequently appointed to the Public Service Commission of South Africa. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Background

He was appointed the Minister of Public Works in 1986 by the Chief Minister Enos Mabuza in the KaNgwane homeland administration and Robert Gumede served as his secretary. In 1992, Mkhwanazi was appointed Minister of Finance, serving until the end of the administration in 1994 when Nelson Mandela established a new government. In 1994, the new government appointed him as MEC for the Department of Environmental Affairs until he resigned in May 1998 following a bad publicity of claims of involvement in corruption and nepotism. He was probed and exenorated by Public Protector Selby Baqwa and Judge Willem Heath. He is the man behind the Nhlazatshe eCrossin shopping complex on a land bought from the Mlambo family in the mid-1990s with Herbert Theledi. Back in 1992, Mkhwanazi bought a farm in Barberton for R750 000 and sold it for R440 000 to David Mabuza in 1996. [5] [6] [7] [8] [4] [9] [10]

Early life

He was born David Sunnyboy Mkhwanazi on 16 June 1951 in Ermelo and was called "Da" by his family members and friends while growing up in the streets of Ermelo townships. He was raised by a church-goer maternal grandmother who reared them at the Seventh-day Adventist. He attended Ermelo's Peter Mabuza Primary School and Lindile Secondary School before he was employed at Camden Power Station as clerk and then Ermelo Inn as a general labour. In 1970, he got a third job as salesman for a once popular South African furniture store, Super Furniture, in Ermelo before he relocated to work for Eastvaal Furniture in White River. His first car was a sky blue Renault TS 1.6 that he bought for R600 in 1978. He matriculated in 1983 through attending adult education classes in KaBokweni. He graduated with a B-tech in Public Management at Technikon South Africa.He was a member of the Inyandza National Movement that affiliated with the African National Congress (ANC) during Apartheid and became the ANC's treasurer for Mpumalanga in post-Apartheid. [4]

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  1. ↑ Justin Arenstein, South Africa: Glittering economy is Phosa's legacy, African Eye News Service], 28 April 1999. Retrieved from all Africa.com on 21 July 2024
  2. ↑ Justin Arenstein,Homeland political dinasours finally bow to rainbow evolution, African Eye News Service, 28 April 1998. Retrieved from all Africa.com on 21 July 2024
  3. ↑ Justin Arenstein,'Homeland coup' in Mpumalanga, African Eye News Service, 25 June 1999. Retrieved from Mail and Guardian on 21 July 2024
  4. 1 2 3 "Telling My Own Story - DS Mkhwanazi: A Biography".
  5. ↑ , IOL, 27 September 1999. Retrieved 21 July 2024
  6. ↑ Kevin O'Grady, Controversial MEC resigns, Business Day, 23 April 1998. Retrieved from AllAfrica.com on 21 July 2024
  7. ↑ Cleared former MEC to launch R20-million defamation claim. Sunday World, 16 May 1999. Page 2
  8. ↑ All False Allegations: Mkhwanazi's name is cleared by Baqwa. City Press, 16 May 1999. Page 5
  9. ↑ David Mkhwanazi to sue state body after he was vindicated of nepotism, African Eye News Service. 17 May 1999
  10. ↑ R14-million theft of cash from home of Mpumalanga premier, Sunday Times, 28 March 2010. Retrieved from Timeslive on 21 July 2024
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