Nosimo Balindlela (born 28 November 1949) is a South African politician who served as the Premier of the Eastern Cape from 26 April 2004 until 1 August 2008.
Nosimo Balindlela Age
She was born on November 28, 1949, in Hermanus, Cape Province, South Africa. As of 2023, she is 74 years old and celebrates her birthday on November 28th every year.
Career
Balindlela resigned as premier in July 2008, citing pressure from the African National Congress’s National Executive Committee, of which she was a member.
Balindlela later resigned from “active” politics, but she remained an active member of the ANC PEC. Both her “sacking” and that of Ebrahim Rasool, the ANC premier of the nearby Western Cape, were announced on the same day.
Mbulelo Sogoni, her successor, was sworn in on August 1, 2008. On November 4, 2008, she resigned from the ANC to join the Congress of the People.
She switched political parties for the second time in November 2012, joining the Democratic Alliance. She was elected to parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA) in May 2014 and served as Shadow Minister of Water and Sanitation until November 2016, when she moved to the Eastern Cape Legislature.
Nosimo Balindlela Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $500,000 which she has earned as a politician.
