Royith Baloo Bhoola is a South African politician who represented the Minority Front (MF) in the National Assembly of South Africa from 2004 to 2014.
Born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, he joined the Minority Front in 1999 and served as a local councillor in Umdoni Local Municipality.[1] He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2004 general election[2] and was elected to a second term in the 2009 general election.[1] During his second term, and until the party lost all of its seats in the 2014 election, he was the only representative of the Minority Front in the assembly.
Allegations of corruption edit
In 2004 it was alleged that he had negotiated a deal to sell his parliamentary seat to long-time friend Mohamed Sadek Mansoo.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Royith Baloo Bhoola". People's Assembly. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "General Notice: Notice 717 of 2004 - Electoral Commission – List of Names of Representatives in the National Assembly and the Nine Provincial Legislatures in Respect of the Elections Held on 14 April 2004" (PDF). Government Gazette of South Africa. Vol. 466, no. 2677. Pretoria, South Africa: Government of South Africa. 20 April 2004. pp. 4–95. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Naidu, Buddy (8 August 2004). "South Africa: MP Agrees to 'Sell' His Seat to a Friend". Sunday Times (South Africa).
External links edit
- Mr Royith Baloo Bhoola at People's Assembly
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