Sakhiwo Belot

Sakhiwo Tobias Belot (born 27 November 1953) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly and Free State Provincial Legislature until 2009. He also served in the Free State Executive Council, most proximately as the Free State's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health from 2004 to 2009 and MEC for Tourism and Environmental and Economic Affairs from 2001 to 2004.

Sakhiwo Belot
Member of the Free State Executive Council for Health
In office
May 2004 – May 2009
PremierBeatrice Marshoff
Preceded byMantsheng Tsopo
Succeeded bySisi Mabe
Member of the Free State Executive Council for Tourism and Environmental and Economic Affairs
In office
June 2001 – May 2004
PremierWinkie Direko
Preceded byBenny Kotsoane
Succeeded byBenny Malakoane
Personal details
Born (1953-11-27) 27 November 1953
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Legislative career: 1994–2009

Belot was born on 27 November 1953.[1] After South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, he was elected to an ANC seat in the Free State Provincial Legislature, where he served as the province's MEC for Education.[2] However, he left during the legislative term in order to take up a seat in the National Assembly.[3] He was elected to a full term in the National Assembly in the 1999 general election.[4]

In 2001, Belot again changed seats during the legislative term: he resigned from the National Assembly on 28 June,[4] and later the same day it was announced that he would return to the Free State to serve as MEC for Tourism and Environmental and Economic Affairs in Premier Winkie Direko's newly reshuffled Executive Council.[5] He traded seats with Sisi Ntombela, who vacated the Free State Provincial Legislature to fill Belot's seat in the National Assembly.[4][5] It was reported that Belot had an extremely poor relationship with the head of his department, Noby Ngombane.[6][7]

Belot was elected to a full term in the provincial legislature in the 2004 general election, and Direko's successor, Beatrice Marshoff, appointed him as MEC for Health.[8] While in that position, in November 2006, he was hospitalised after a car accident.[9] In May 2007, he served as acting Premier of the Free State when Marshoff was briefly hospitalised.[10] He remained in the health portfolio until the 2009 general election, in which he was not re-elected to the provincial legislature; he was succeeded as MEC by Sisi Mabe.[11]

Personal life

He has three sons.[2]

References
  1. "General Notice: Notice 1319 of 1999 – Electoral Commission: Representatives Elected to the Various Legislatures" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 408, no. 20203. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 11 June 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. "Finding a good school is rather like getting blood from a stone". The Mail & Guardian. 23 December 1994. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. "Members of the National Assembly". Parliament of South Africa. 3 June 1998. Archived from the original on 28 June 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  4. "The National Assembly List of Resignations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  5. "Direko axes three MECs". News24. 29 June 2001. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. "For hers is the power". The Mail & Guardian. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. "Controversial Free State official murdered". The Mail & Guardian. 23 March 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  8. "Marshoff names new Free State council". IOL. 3 May 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  9. "S Belot in motor vehicle accident". South African Government. 2 November 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  10. "Premier in hospital". Sowetan. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  11. "Free State provincial ministers announced". The Mail & Guardian. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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