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Ben Ngubane was born on 22 October, 1941 in Camperdown, KwaZulu-Natal, is a South African politician (1941–2021). Discover Ben Ngubane's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 22 October 1941
Birthday 22 October
Birthplace Camperdown, KwaZulu-Natal
Date of death 12 July, 2021
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Nationality South Africa

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1941

Baldwin Sipho "Ben" Ngubane (22 October 1941 – 12 July 2021) was a politician from South Africa.

He held multiple positions in the post-apartheid government of the country.

Baldwin Sipho "Ben" Ngubane was born in 1941 at Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission in Camperdown outside Pietermaritzburg in what later became KwaZulu-Natal province.

1971

After attending St Francis High School, a mission school in the Durban suburb of Marianhill, he went to the Durban Medical School at the University of Natal in Durban, where he obtained an MBChB in 1971.

1976

While at the University of Natal, Ngubane was engaged in student politics, including through the National Union of South African Students, and he joined Inkatha in 1976.

1982

He subsequently obtained diplomas in Tropical Medicine in 1982 and Public Health in 1983 from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

1986

He furthermore received a master's degree of Family Medicine (M Prax Med) from Natal Medical School (now the Nelson Mandela Medical School) in 1986 and a postgraduate diploma in Economics from the University of London in 2003.

1991

In 1991 he was appointed Minister of Health in the government of the KwaZulu homeland, a post he held until 1994.

1992

In 1992 Ngubane was part of Inkatha's delegation to CODESA; he served on a working group which dealt with constitutional principles and constitution-making.

1993

In 1993 he was involved in negotiations with the African National Congress (ANC) on behalf of Inkatha.

1994

He was the first Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology in the post-apartheid period from 1994 to 1996 in Nelson Mandela's Government of National Unity.

1995

He received an honorary LLD degree from the University of Natal in 1995.

1996

In particular, he was Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from 1997 to 1999 and Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology from 1994 until 31 August 1996 and from February 1999 until April 2004.

1997

Between 1997 and 1999, he was Premier of KwaZulu-Natal; after that, he returned to the Arts and Culture portfolio until 2004.

2004

In 2004 he was appointed Ambassador to Japan, until 2008.

2006

He was viewed as having fallen out with Inkatha's Mangosuthu Buthelezi after he left the Premier's office, and in 2006 he defected to the ANC during a floor-crossing period.

2010

In 2010, Ngubane was awarded an honorary PhD degree from the University of the Free State for his "contribution towards positioning South Africa as a major and an influential player in the development of arts, culture, science and technology internationally".

Later that year he also received the Grand Cordon of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun for his contributions "to the enhancement of the relationship and the cooperation in science and technology between Japan and South Africa".

He furthermore received an honorary PhD degree from University of Zululand,

an honorary PhD degree from Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, and an honorary DHL degree from International Christian University (Tokyo, Japan).

Ngubane was Catholic.

2015

He later served as chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board and as chairperson of the Eskom board between 2015 and 2017.

2020

In 2020, Ngubane was twice called to testify before The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture in his capacities as, first, former SABC board chairperson, then, secondly, as the chairman of Eskom.

Ngubane died in Richards Bay on 12 July 2021 at the age of 79 from COVID-19 complications.