Cheryl Carolus

Cheryl Carolus
South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office
2 March 1998 – 1 November 2001
President Nelson Mandela
Thabo Mbeki
Preceded by Mendi Msimang
Succeeded by Lindiwe Mabuza
Personal details
Born (1959-04-20) 20 April 1959
Silvertown, Cape Town, South Africa
Political party African National Congress
Alma mater University of the Western Cape

Cheryl Carolus (born 20 April 1959) is a South African politician. She was born in Silvertown, on the Cape Flats, Cape Town. Carolus became involved in politics while still at school and became an activist after joining the United Democratic Front in 1983. In May 1990, Carolus was elected to be part of the African National Congress' delegation which held talks with the apartheid government and in July 1991, she was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee. She is married to Graham Bloch. In 1998, she became South Africa's High Commissioner in London. Between 2001 and 2004, she was the chief executive officer of SA Tourism (SATOUR). She was the Board Chairperson for South African National Parks (SANPARKS), in 2009 she assumed this position at South African Airways. She is also chairperson of Peotona Holdings, an investment company that deals with business development.

Carolus is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Crisis Group.[1] In 2015 she was a Trustee of the British Museum.[2]

On May 5, 2018, the bodies of her husband's (Professor Graeme Bloch) parents were discovered in Cape Town. They had been tied up and murdered.[3]

References

  1. ↑ ICG, Crisis Group's Board of Trustees
  2. ↑ The British Museum Trustees, British Museum, accessed 31 March 2015
  3. ↑ "Pensioners tied up and killed: Police probing murders of Graeme Bloch's parents". News24. Retrieved 2018-05-05.


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