Bulelani ngcuka biography of barack
Bulelani T. Ngcuka is a South African attorney, prosecutor and activist, who served as the first Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa, and is the....
Bulelani Ngcuka was born on 2 May in Middledrift, Eastern Cape.
Bulelani Ngcuka
South African attorney, prosecutor and activist
Bulelani T. Ngcuka (pronounced [ɓulelaːniŋǀʱuːkʼa]; born 2 May 1954) is a South African attorney, prosecutor and activist, who served as the first Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa, and is the husband of former Deputy President of South AfricaPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.[1]
Early life and legal career
Bulelani Ngcuka, one of five siblings, was born in Middledrift, Eastern Cape and schooled in the former Bantustan of Transkei.[2] He obtained his B.Proc at the University of Fort Hare in 1977 and went to work for the Durban law firm of Griffiths Mxenge as an articled clerk in 1978.
He finished his articles at GM Mxenge Law Firm in 1981, the same year Mxenge was assassinated by apartheid hit men. He spent eight months in solitary confinement in 1981 and was jailed for three years in 1982 for refusing to give evidence in the political trial of Patrick Maqubele and others.
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