Ngconde Mathemba Bryce Balfour (born 23 August 1954 in kuNtselamanzi, Alice, Eastern Cape[1]) is a South African politician and has served as Minister of Correctional Services and Minister of Sport.
Balfour has been a South African Member of Parliament since 1996 and was appointed as Minister of Correctional Services on 29 April 2004.
[3] Balfour was appointed as South Africa's high commissioner to Botswana but resigned the position less than a year after the diplomatic posting.
[5] Balfour's wife Thozama Mqobi-Balfour, Correctional Services regional commissioner for Gauteng, was suspended pending the outcome of a disciplinary process for renting a house in the Woodhill Golf Estate in Pretoria for some R30,000 a month despite having the use of an official residence.
Fellow National commissioner Xoliswa Sibeko was also suspended for renting a home in the same golf estate for R35,000 a month.