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Personal |
- Date of Birth: 2 September 1956
- Other: Born at Alexandra Township in Johannesburg
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Current Positions |
- Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises of the Republic of South Africa since 1 November 2010.
- Member of parliament since 1994.
- Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs.
- Member of the Political Bureau and Central Committee of the South African Comminist Party (SACP).
- Member of Council of the Robben Island Museum.
- Member of Executive Committee of the Caversham Centre for writters and arts.
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Academic Qualifications |
- Attended school at St Joseph's College in Durban and Coronationville High school in Johannesburg.
- Holds Master of Law degree in International Law from the University of Cape Town.
- Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal).
- Bachelor of Arts degree from University of South Africa (UNISA).
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Positions last held/Career/Memberships/Other Activities |
- Member of the Black Consciousness Movement in 1970.
- Worked for the Community Care Centre and Edenvale Ecumenical Centre in Pietermaritzburg from 1977 to 1983.
- Was employed by African National Congress (ANC).
- Employed by South African Communist Party (SACP).
- Charged and acquitted for producing banned Steve Biko T-shirt in 1978.
- In 1979 he Joined ANC and later became a member of Umkhnto we Sizwe (MK).
- Charged and imprisoned for eight years in Robben Island and Johanessburg from 1983 to 1991.
- Travelled to Botswana and Lesotho many times between 1979 and 1983; where he has to meet with Wally Serote, Tim Williams and others who were living in exile from 1979 to 1983.
- Chief Coordinator of the Visual Art Committee in South Africa.
- Arrested and kept in solitary confinement and tortured for seven months in 1983.
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Research/Presentations/Awards/Decorations/Bursaries and Publications |
- Contributed poetry, graphics and essays on art and culture to the Staffrider publications in 1970s.
- Wrote a poetry book titled 'Baptism of fire published by Donker publishers (1984).
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