REVEREND MAKHENKESI ARNOLD STOFILE        


DATE OF BIRTH      27 December 1944

NATIONALITY        South African

PLACE OF BIRTH    Adelaide

MARITAL STATUS    Married

NO OF CHILDREN    One son who passed on and two daughters

QUALIFICATIONS

1971     Bachelor of Arts, University of Fort Hare

1974    Bachelor of Theology, University of Fort Hare

1974    Ordained as Minister of the Presbyterian Church

1976     Bachelor of Theology Honours, University of Fort Hare

1979     Master of Theology, University of Fort Hare

1983     Master of Arts Degree, Princeton University, USA

2001     Awarded the Doctor of Philosophy by the Nelson Mandela University

CAREER

1973-1987    Lecturer of Theology, University of Fort Hare

1991        Senior Theology Lecturer, University of Transkei (now Walter Sisulu
University)

1994-1997    Member of Parliament in the National Assembly

1997-2004    Premier of the Eastern Cape Province

2004-2010    Minister of Sports and Recreation


POLITICAL CAREER

1971–1990   Served in Underground Structures of the ANC
1983-1986    Served in the National Executive Committee of the United Democratic Front (UDF)

1995-1997    Treasurer General of the ANC

1994-1997    Chief Whip of the ANC

1990- date    Member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC

HOBBIES:

Sport and Recreation, Reading and Conversing with old people


LANGUAGES

IsiXhosa, English, IsiZulu, Afrikaans, se Tswana and poor German (can read Hebrew, Greek and Latin)