Ben Ngubane

Ben Ngubane (born 22 October, Camperdown, KwaZulu-Natal) is a politician from South Africa. He held multiple positions in the post-apartheid government of the country. In particular, he has been Premier of KwaZulu-Natal and minister of Arts, Culture from 1994 until 31 August 1996 and from February 1999 until April 2004.

He graduated MB ChB in 1971 from the Medical School of the University of Natal, Durban.

Political career

In 1991 Ngubane was appointed Minister of Health in the KwaZulu government, a post he held until 1994. In 1992 Ngubane served on the CODESA working group which dealt with constitutional principles and constitution making. In 1993 he was involved in negotiations with the African National Congress on behalf of the Inkatha Freedom Party.

Other works

In 2004 he was appointed Ambassador to Japan, until 2008. In 2010, he was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun for his contributions "to the enhancement of the relationship and the cooperation in science and technology between Japan and South Africa".

Ellen Tshabalala

Zandile Ellen Tshabalala also known as Ellen Tshabalala is the former Chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation(SABC).

In July 2014, it emerged that she allegedly lied on her CV when she applied for the post of Chairperson of the SABC. The CV before the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications, under which the SABC falls, Tshabalala said she graduated from the University of South Africa (UNISA) with a BCom and a postgraduate diploma in labour relations. The claim was repeated in a statement by the presidency of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, announcing her appointment. However, according to a Promotion of Access to Information Act application sent by the newspaper City Press, Unisa said Tshabalala had neither of the qualifications. UNISA's executive director of legal services and information, Jan van Wyk wrote in a letter to the newspaper City Press: "According to our records, no qualification was awarded to the mentioned individual."

At the time of the controversy, she was working on the following boards: