Billy Masetlha, born 21 November 1954 in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), was a South African politician who served as the head of the South African National Intelligence Agency and as a Presidential Advisor. His tenure, however, was marked by scandal, most notably his expulsion from the presidency by President Thabo Mbeki in 2006.
Masetlha was a founding member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), a key anti-apartheid movement. In 1979, he was a founding member of the Azanian Student’s Organisation (AZASO), an organization dedicated to advancing the rights and interests of black students. Prior to this, in 1976, he was a member of the Soweto Student’s Representative Council, which was instrumental in the Soweto Uprising.
Billy Masetlha Wife: Was Billy Masetlha Married?
Billy Masetlha was a former espionage chief and South African politician. He was married to Nozipho Masetlha, a lawyer and entrepreneur. They are the parents of two children.
Nozipho Masetlha was born in Soweto, South Africa, in 1956. She studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand before working as a private practice lawyer. She became involved in the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1980s, serving as a legal counselor to the United Democratic Front. She was also a member of the South African Communist Party’s National Executive Committee.