Benny Boshielo
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Benny Boshielo | |
|---|---|
| Provincial Secretary of the Limpopo African National Congress | |
| In office 1998–2001 | |
| Deputy | Jerry Ndou |
| Chairperson | Ngoako Ramatlhodi |
| Preceded by | Collins Chabane |
| Succeeded by | Cassel Mathale |
| Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Transport | |
| In office 1997–1998 | |
| Premier | Ngoako Ramatlhodi |
| Preceded by | Johan Kriek |
| Succeeded by | Aaron Motsoaledi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Legodi Bernard Boshielo 1962 or 1963 (age 62–63) |
| Party | African National Congress |
| Spouse | Polly Boshielo |
Legodi Bernard "Benny" Boshielo (born 1962 or 1963) is a South African businessman and former politician from Limpopo. Formerly a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC), he resigned from the Limpopo government in 2012 to work for African Rainbow Minerals.
Born in 1962 or 1963,[1] Boshielo is from present-day Limpopo.[2] He attended the University of the North, graduating in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts and a diploma in education.[3] Thereafter he was a teacher for eight months before he moved abroad to pursue a Master's degree in education in Amsterdam.[3]
In the post-apartheid period, Boshielo served stints as a Member of the Provincial Legislature in Limpopo,[3] as Provincial Secretary of the Limpopo ANC,[4] as chairperson of the council of his alma mater,[5] and as chief executive officer of Limpopo Tourism and Parks.[6] During his time in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, he served briefly as Member of the Executive Council for Transport; he was appointed to that post in July 1997 by Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi, but he resigned in 1998 when he was elected to the full-time ANC provincial secretary position.[7][8]
After the 2009 general election, he became director-general in the Limpopo Department of Education, then led by provincial minister Dickson Masemola,[9] but he resigned in July 2011.[10] Thereafter he became an executive at Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Minerals (ARM); in June 2012, he was promoted to executive for corporate affairs at ARM Platinum, in which capacity he reported directly to ARM's chief executive officer.[11]