13 Facts About S'bu Ndebele

Sibusiso Joel "S'bu" Ndebele was born on 17 October 1948 and is the former Minister of Correctional Services serving from 2012 to 2014.

S'bu Ndebele has been on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress since 1997, and was the Provincial Chair of the ANC from 1998 to 2008.

S'bu Ndebele attended primary school at Makhaseneni, near Melmoth, and matriculated from Eshowe Teachers' Training and High School in Eshowe.

S'bu Ndebele obtained a degree in library science from the University of Zululand in 1972, a Bachelor of Arts degree in international politics and African politics from the University of South Africa in 1983, and an honours degree in development administration and politics in 1985.

S'bu Ndebele was publicity secretary of the South African Students' Organisation at the University of Zululand.

S'bu Ndebele was arrested for ANC activities in May 1976 and was sentenced to ten years on Robben Island in June 1977.

Dec 2015 - Durban - Former transport minister S'bu Ndebele has appeared in a Durban court on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering.

S'bu Ndebele is accused of accepting just over R10m for his direct benefit.

S'bu Ndebele allegedly accepted the money in order to facilitate tenders worth more than R2bn.

S'bu Ndebele was heavily criticised for offering 16 500 hectares of land to the Dubai-based company Ruwaad Holdings to build a massive theme park named 'Zulu World'.

S'bu Ndebele explained that he received the gift unannounced, long after he had ceased being MEC for transport, and denies any conflict of interest.

S'bu Ndebele said it was estimated that more than R1.5 billion allocated for road capital projects over the next three years - the medium term expenditure framework - had already been committed.

S'bu Ndebele said the information had emerged from an audit by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.