10 Facts About Ben Skosana

Moleeane Ben Skosana was a South African politician who served as Minister of Correctional Services from 1998 to 2004.

Ben Skosana was a founding member of Inkatha Freedom Party and represented the party in the National Assembly from 1994 until his death in 2014.

Ben Skosana served as House Chairperson of the National Assembly from 2009.

Ben Skosana was a founding member of Inkatha in 1975.

From 1981 to 1986, Ben Skosana was the director of the Zululand Churches and Welfare Association, a development agency focusing on rural development in Zululand.

Ben Skosana returned to South Africa during the negotiations to end apartheid and was a member of the IFP's delegation to the Convention for a Democratic South Africa.

In South Africa's first post-apartheid election in 1994, Ben Skosana was elected to an IFP seat in the new National Assembly.

However, Ben Skosana remained an ordinary Member of Parliament, and, after his re-election to his seat in 2009, he was appointed as the House Chairperson in the National Assembly.

Ben Skosana remained in that position until his death in 2014.

Ben Skosana died unexpectedly on 11 February 2014 after having collapsed while having dinner with his friend, Thulas Nxesi, at a restaurant in Cape Town.