Biography & Wikipedia
Bonginkosi Emmanuel “Blade” Nzimande is a South African politician, sociologist, philosopher, educator, anti-apartheid campaigner, and Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology. Nzimande served as Minister of Transport from 2018 to 2019 and as Minister of Higher Education and Training from 2009 to 2017. From 1998 until 2022, he served as General Secretary of the South African Communist Party.
Age and birthday
Blade Nzimande is 65 years old and he was born on 14th April 1958.
Height and weight
Blade Nzimande is 5 ft 7 inches tall and weighs 70kg.
Nationality & Ethnicity
Blade Nzimande is South African by nationality and he is of KwaZulu descent.
Education
Blade Nzimande attended the Roman Catholic School in Henryville and subsequently Plessiers Lower Primary School before attending Mthethomusha School in Edendale, the area’s first school built under the new Bantu education system. He enrolled at Georgetown High School in Edendale in 1975.
Blade Nzimande earned a Psychology Honours degree at the University of Natal in 1980, a master’s degree in Industrial Psychology in 1981, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the same university for a thesis titled The corporate guerrillas: class formation and the African corporate petty bourgeoisie in post-1973 South Africa.
Political party and views
Blade Nzimande was the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party from 1998 until 2022.
Parents and siblings
Blade Nzimande is the son of Nozipho Alice and Phillip Sphambano. Blade Nzimande has two siblings
Wife and children
Blade Nzimande is married to Phumelele Ntombela-Nzimande. The couple has two children.
Salary and net worth
Blade Nzimande earns $100,000 and he has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Social media: Instagram & Twitter
Blade Nzimande’s Instagram handle is @drbladenzimande and his Twitter handle is @DrBladeNzimande.
