Belinda Bozzoli was a South African author, academic, sociologist, and politician.
17 Facts About Belinda Bozzoli
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In 2014 Bozzoli was elected a member of the South African parliament for the Democratic Alliance.
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Belinda Bozzoli was born on 17 December 1945 in Johannesburg to Guerino Renzo and Cora Bertha Belinda Bozzoli, both Italian South Africans.
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Belinda Bozzoli was an Associate Fellow at Yale University between 1978 and 1979.
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Belinda Bozzoli authored three single-authored, internationally published books and was the editor or co-editor of a further four.
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Belinda Bozzoli became Deputy Vice-Chancellor in 2002 and chaired the Board of the National Research Foundation for a time.
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Belinda Bozzoli was awarded an A-rating from the National Research Foundation in 2006.
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Belinda Bozzoli was the first sociologist to be honoured in this way.
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Belinda Bozzoli served as the acting director of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research.
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In 2014, Belinda Bozzoli stood for election to the South African National Assembly as 77th on the Democratic Alliance's national list.
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At the election, Belinda Bozzoli won a seat in the National Assembly.
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Belinda Bozzoli was then made Shadow Minister for the newly created Higher Education, Science and Technology portfolio.
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Belinda Bozzoli stated that the DA had no objection to the debts of low-income students being forgiven, but queried whether the move would benefit high-earning students who were simply unwilling to pay back loans.
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Belinda Bozzoli was concerned about the impact on funding for universities.
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Belinda Bozzoli died of cancer on 5 December 2020, twelve days before her 75th birthday.
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Belinda Bozzoli was survived by her husband, Charles van Onselen, and their three children.
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Belinda Bozzoli had continued to work in politics during her final illness.