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词条 David Mahlobo
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  1. Early life

  2. Education

  3. Political career

  4. Rhino Horn Smuggling

  5. References

{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = David Mahlobo
| honorific-suffix = MP
| image =
| caption =
| office = Minister of Energy
| term_start = 17 October 2017
| term_end = 26 February 2018
| president = Jacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
| deputy = Ellen Molekane
| predecessor = Mmamoloko Kubayi
| successor = Jeff Radebe
| office2 = Minister of State Security
| term_start2 = 25 May 2014
| term_end2 = 17 October 2017
| president2 = Jacob Zuma
| deputy2 =
| predecessor2 = Siyabonga Cwele
| successor2 = Bongani Bongo
| birth_name = Mbangiseni David Mahlobo
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|01|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, South Africa
| nationality = {{flagicon|South Africa}} South African
| party = African National Congress
| otherparty =
| height =
| spouse = Nompumelelo Mahlobo
| mother = Sibongile Mahlobo
| father = Mandlenkosi Mahlobo
| education = BSc Hon (Biochemistry)
BSc (Microbiology and Biochemistry)
| alma_mater = University of Zululand
}}David Mahlobo (born 14 January 1972) is South Africa's former Minister of Energy and former Minister of State Security.[1]

Early life

David Mahlobo was born on 14 January 1972 on a farm called Bergplaas, KwaNdwalaza, close to Piet Retief in current province of Mpumalanga in South Africa.[1] He is the son of Chief Mandlenkosi Mahlobo, Chief of the KwaMahlobo Traditional Community in Mpumalanga.[2] Subject to forced removals during the apartheid era, he and his siblings would spend the earlier years of his life in Swaziland.[1]

Education

He returned to South Africa in 1983 and attended school and graduating Bambanani High School in 1991.[1][3] He would later attend the University of Zululand where he granted a BSc degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry in 1998 and in 1999 received a BSc Honours Degree in Biochemistry.[4] While at the University of Zululand he was active in the Students' representative council (SRC)and elected as Secretary General for two terms as well as working for the ANC, ANCYL and South African Students Congress (SASCO).[3]

Political career

After the unbanning of the ANC, Mahlobo worked as a recruiter for the organization, mobilizing the farming community's around Piet Retief and Pongola helping to organizing the parties structures in those regions.[3] 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.[5] Then in 2009, he was appointed as Head of Department in the Mpumalanga Province for the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, a position that lasted until mid-2014.[5] At the ANCs party conference at Mangaung in 2012, Mahlobo was appointed to the organisation's National Executive Committee (NEC).[6] 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.[6] 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 latters expulsion from the ANC.[6] On the 25 May 2014, President Zuma appointed Mahlobo to the cabinet as Minister of State Security, a position he held until 2017.[7] The High Level Review Panel appointed by President Ramaphosa in June 2018 cited as its key finding in December 2018[8] 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.

Rhino Horn Smuggling

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. [9][10]As of November 2016, Mahlobo is currently 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.[11] Mahlobo has denied all association with the man except for visiting his massage spa.[11]

References

1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.ssa.gov.za/MinisterProfile.aspx |title=Biographical Notes: Minister David Mahlobo |date=2 January 2017 |publisher=Department of Energy}}
2. ^{{Cite news |url=http://www.news24.com/Archives/City-Press/Super-HOD-tag-doesnt-bother-minister-David-Mahlobo-20150429 |title=‘Super HOD’ tag doesn’t bother minister David Mahlobo |date=2 January 2017 |work=City Press |publisher=News24 |publication-date=1 June 2014}}
3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.gov.za/about-government/leaders/profile/5421 |title=Government leaders |date=2 January 2017 |publisher= Government of South Africa}}
4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.sabinetlaw.co.za/defence-and-security/department/minister/mr-david-mahlobo |title=Mr David Mahlobo |date=2 January 2017 |publisher=Sabinet}}
5. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.pa.org.za/person/mbangiseni-david-mahlobo/ |title=David Mahlobo |date=12 January 2017 |publisher=People's Assembly}}
6. ^{{Cite news |url=http://mg.co.za/article/2014-05-29-experience-is-wanting-among-top-spooks-attributes |title=Zuma's Cabinet: Experience is wanting among top spook's attributes |last=Pillay |first=Verashni |date=2 January 2017 |last2=De Wet |first2=Phillip |newspaper=M&G |publication-date=30 May 2014}}
7. ^{{Cite news |url=http://mg.co.za/article/2014-05-25-zuma |title=Executive decision: Zuma's new cabinet |last=Ferreira |first=Emsie |date=2 January 2017 |newspaper=M&G |publication-date=25 May 2014}}
8. ^High Level Review Panel Report of the State Security Agency. December 2018 (redacted version released by the President of South Africa on 9 March, 2019 http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/download/file/fid/1518
9. ^https://www.news24.com/Video/SouthAfrica/News/watch-rhino-horn-smuggler-calls-david-mahlobo-his-friend-20161116
10. ^https://www.news24.com/Video/SouthAfrica/News/watch-i-was-only-going-for-a-spa-treatment-says-mahlobo-20161114
11. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/africa-probes-david-mahlobo-links-rhino-smuggling-161117143028959.html |title=S Africa probes David Mahlobo links to rhino smuggling |date=8 January 2017 |website=www.aljazeera.com |publication-date=18 November 2016}}
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