Benny Boshielo
Legodi Bernard "Benny" Boshielo is a South African businessman and former politician from Limpopo. Formerly a prominent member of the African National Congress, he resigned from the Limpopo government in 2012 to work for African Rainbow Minerals.
Life and career
Born in 1962 or 1963, Boshielo is from present-day Limpopo. He attended the University of the North, graduating in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts and a diploma in education. Thereafter he was a teacher for eight months before he moved abroad to pursue a Master's degree in education in Amsterdam.In the post-apartheid period, Boshielo served stints as a Member of the Provincial Legislature in Limpopo, as Provincial Secretary of the Limpopo ANC, as chairperson of the council of his alma mater, and as chief executive officer of Limpopo Tourism and Parks. During his time in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, he served briefly as Member of the Executive Council for Transport; he was appointed to that post in July 1997 by Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi, but he resigned in 1998 when he was elected to the full-time ANC provincial secretary position.
After the 2009 general election, he became director-general in the Limpopo Department of Education, then led by provincial minister Dickson Masemola, but he resigned in July 2011. Thereafter he became an executive at Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Minerals ; in June 2012, he was promoted to executive for corporate affairs at ARM Platinum, in which capacity he reported directly to ARM's chief executive officer.