Sibusiso Bengu

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Sibusiso Bengu (2007)

Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu (born May 8, 1934 in Kranskop ) is a South African university professor, diplomat and politician.

Life

Bengu was born in Kranskop, Natal Province, the son of a clergyman. His professional training began at the Umpumulo Teacher Training College and continued at the University of Zululand , UNISA and the University of Geneva . In 1966 Bengu obtained a Bachelor (Hons) in history from UNISA .

In 1952 he became a teacher and in 1969 founded Dlangezwa High School at Empangeni , of which he was director until 1976. Bengu received his Ph.D. in Political Science at the Graduate Institute of International Studies at the University of Geneva. From 1977 to 1978 he headed the Student Advisory Services Department at the University of Zululand . Bengu was general secretary of the Inkatha Freedom Party . However, he got into irreconcilable difficulties of opinion with Mangosuthu Buthelezi .

In 1978 he left South Africa and worked as Secretary for Research and Social Action at the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva . During this stay abroad, he made friends with Oliver Tambo , who was President of the African National Congress at the time. He returned to South Africa in 1991 and became the first black rector of a South African university, Fort Hare University . From 1994 to 1999 Bengu was Minister of Education in the Mandela cabinet . From 1999 to 2003 he was the South African ambassador to Germany. During this time the construction of the new building of the South African Embassy in Berlin at the Tiergarten falls and its opening.

He has been married to Ethel Funeka Mildred Bengu (nee Msiki) since December 27, 1961 and has four daughters and one son.

Fonts

  • African cultural identity and international relations: analysis of Ghanaian and Nigerian sources 1958-1974 . ( PhD thesis ), Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 1976
  • Chasing gods not our own , Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 1977
  • Race and faith in South Africa , 1985
  • Address by Professor SME Bengu, Minister of Education, on the occasion of the debate on the education budget vote in the National Assembly, 21 May 1996 , 1996

Awards

Web links

Commons : Sibusiso Bengu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c South African History Online : Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu . on www.sahistory.org.za (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d Sheila Keeble (Ed.) SPP Kutumela, A. Booley: The Black Who's Who of Southern Africa Today . African Business Publ., Johannesburg 1979, 1st edition, p. 96
  3. ^ South African Embassy officially opened . In: Die Welt , November 15, 2003.
  4. ^ Helveticat : bibliographical evidence .
  5. ↑ Copac: bibliographical evidence . (English)
  6. ↑ List of honorary doctorates from the University of KwaZulu-Natal ( Memento from April 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Bengu, Sibusiso
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bengu, Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African university professor, diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Crane