Career
He studied a Bachelor Bachelor of Laws at the University of Stellenbosch and is Doctor of Laws at the University of Portuguese Elizabeth, where he also served as the Dean of Law Faculty (1976-1987)
He entered politics in 1987 as an Member of Parliament, serving as Minister of Local Government in President F West de Klerks government. On 9 February 2009, Delport delivered his farewell address to Parliament, critiquing President Kgalema Motlanthe"s recent State of the Nation Address and lamenting what he called South Africa"s "downward spiral".