Olaf Baloyi is a South African politician and civil servant. He represented the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the National Assembly from 2001 to 2002, serving the KwaZulu-Natal constituency. Thereafter he was a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature from 2002 to 2004.

Olaf Baloyi
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1 April 2001 – August 2002
ConstituencyKwaZulu-Natal
Personal details
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyInkatha Freedom Party

Political career

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Before entering legislative politics, Baloyi was a deputy director-general in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health.[1] He was not initially elected to the National Assembly in the 1999 general election but he joined during the legislative term; he was sworn in on 1 April 2001 to fill the casual vacancy arising from Buyisiwe Nzimande's resignation.[2] He also headed the IFP's directorate on HIV/AIDS.[1][3]

In June 2002, the Mail & Guardian reported that Baloyi was likely to be transferred from the National Assembly to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature; with a floor-crossing window approaching and the IFP in danger of losing its control of the province, it planned to ensure that its provincial caucus was peopled with maximally loyally members.[4] Indeed, in August 2002, Baloyi resigned from the National Assembly and, on 13 August, he was sworn in to the provincial legislature.[1] He left after the 2004 general election.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "IFP in bid to strengthen its KZN team". IOL. 13 August 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "The National Assembly List of Resinations and Nominations". Parliament of South Africa. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Inkatha now wants in on Aids 'muti'". The Mail & Guardian. 8 October 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Paranoia 'rife' in Inkatha". The Mail & Guardian. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2023.