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David Mahlobo (Mbangiseni David Mahlobo) was born on 14 January, 1972 in Piet Retief, Old Transvaal, South Africa, is a South African politician. Discover David Mahlobo'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 52 years old?

Popular As Mbangiseni David Mahlobo
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Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 14 January, 1972
Birthday 14 January
Birthplace Piet Retief, Old Transvaal, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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1972

David Mahlobo (born 14 January 1972) is a South African politician and Deputy Ministry of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation.

He is a former Minister of Energy and former Minister of State Security.

David Mahlobo was born on 14 January 1972 on a farm called Bergplaas, KwaNdwalaza, close to Piet Retief in the current province of Mpumalanga in South Africa.

He is the son of Chief Mandlenkosi Mahlobo, chief of the KwaMahlobo Traditional Community in Mpumalanga.

Subject to forced removals during the apartheid era, he and his siblings would spend the earlier years of their lives in Swaziland.

1983

He returned to South Africa in 1983 and attended school and graduating from Bambanani High School in 1991.

1998

He would later attend the University of Zululand where he attained a BSc degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry in 1998 and in 1999 received a BSc Honours degree in biochemistry.

While at the University of Zululand he was active in the students' representative council and elected as secretary general for two terms as well as working for the ANC, ANCYL and South African Students Congress.

After the unbanning of the ANC, Mahlobo worked as a recruiter for the organization, mobilizing the farming communities around Piet Retief and Pongola and helping to organize the party's structures in these regions.

2002

Joining the South African civil service in 2002, he was appointed the Director of Transformation in the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry until 2009.

2009

Then in 2009, he was appointed as Head of the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs in Mpumalanga Province, a position he held until mid-2014.

2012

At the ANCs party conference at Mangaung in 2012, Mahlobo was appointed to the organisation's National Executive Committee (NEC).

His appointment to the NEC surprised some, attributing it either to his ten-year relationship with Jacob Zuma or the premier of Mpumalanga, David Mabuza.

2013

In the NEC, he would participate on the National Working Committees for peace and stability and organisation building; did work for the NEC in both Gauteng and Free State provinces and was assigned to the transition team in 2013 that reformed the ANC Youth League after Julius Malema was asked to resign the position, prior to the latter's expulsion from the ANC.

2014

On the 25 May 2014, President Zuma appointed Mahlobo to the cabinet as Minister of State Security, a position he held until 2017.

With the proposed $74 billion Russian nuclear energy contract with South Africa, negotiated by Zuma in 2014, ruled unlawful and unconstitutional in April 2017 by the Western Cape High Court, Zuma needed a loyal ally to push through the contract and Mahlobo was seen as that person.

2016

As of November 2016, Mahlobo is being investigated by the South African elite police unit, the Hawks (South Africa) because of allegations made by Guan Jiang Guang, a self-professed rhino horn trader, that he was close to the minister and his wife.

Mahlobo has denied all association with the man except for visiting his massage spa.

2017

On 17 October 2017, President Jacob Zuma reshuffled his cabinet with Mahlobo being appointed Minister of Energy.

2018

In February 2018, Cyril Ramaphosa assumed the South African presidency from Jacob Zuma, he would shuffle his cabinet later that month and Mahlobo lost his ministerial position.

The High Level Review Panel appointed by President Ramaphosa in June 2018 cited as its key finding in December 2018 that the Minister had presided over the State Security Agency (SSA) at a time when it showed "an almost complete disregard for the constitution, policy, legislation and other prescripts...turning our civilian intelligence community into a private resource to serve the political and personal interests of particular individuals".

The report further recommended that criminal activities and breaches of the law be investigated.

2019

After Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC won the 2019 South African Election, his new cabinet was announced on 29 May 2019 and reincluded Mahlobo but as one of two deputy ministers in the Ministry of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation.

Mahlobo has been linked to a Chinese syndicate involved in rhino poaching and horn smuggling.

Rhino horn smuggler Guan Jiang Guang appeared in an Al Jazeera documentary showing a picture of himself and Mahlobo, calling the minister his friend, however Mahlobo has denied the allegations saying he was going to Guang for a spa treatment.