#DeathBeNotProud_RIP REV
Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile 27-December 1994-15 August 2016] was a South African politican. He was a Minister of Sport and Recreation.Makhensi Stofile from 2004-2010 ,He was succeeded by Fikile Mbalula .Rev Stofile was boen in Adelaide in the Eastern Cape.He studied towards a Master's degree in Theology at the University of Fort Hare,and he also obtained a Master of Arts from Princeton University in 1983.Stofile joined the African National Congress {ANC} in 1963.He was charged with harbouring of terrorists by the Ciskei government and served a three-years jail sentence.
Rev was also an ordained minister of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa.He was not only a politician and a church man,but also a great sportsman.He played a Scrum_half and wing for the Borader Team,and was a loud voice in the campaign towards non-racial sport.In 1994 he traveled to News Zealand where he led a successful campaign against towards non-racial sports.After the 1994 democratic elections,Rev Stofile was the ANC chief whip in parliament.He held thta position until his appointment as Premier of the Eastern Cape in 1997.
In 2009,he threatened third world war over gender test results of an athlete.
He died at his home in Alice,Eastern Cape,on 15 August at the age of 71.
Rev was also an ordained minister of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa.He was not only a politician and a church man,but also a great sportsman.He played a Scrum_half and wing for the Borader Team,and was a loud voice in the campaign towards non-racial sport.In 1994 he traveled to News Zealand where he led a successful campaign against towards non-racial sports.After the 1994 democratic elections,Rev Stofile was the ANC chief whip in parliament.He held thta position until his appointment as Premier of the Eastern Cape in 1997.
In 2009,he threatened third world war over gender test results of an athlete.
He died at his home in Alice,Eastern Cape,on 15 August at the age of 71.
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